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GEXEIIAL  NOTICE  OF  THE  COAL  FIELDS. 


[PUBLISHED  BY  ORDER  OF  THE  GOVERNOR.] 


BY    .1.    G-.    NORWOOD,    M.    D. 

STATE   GEOLOGIST. 


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REPORT  ON  ILLINOIS  COALS; 


DESCRIPTIONS  AND  ANALYSES, 


GENERAL  NOTICE  OF  THE  COAL  FIELDS. 


[PUBLISHED  BY  ORDER  OF  THE  GOVERNOR.] 


BY    J.    G^.    NORWOOD,    M.    D., 

STATE   GEOLOGIST. 


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SPRINGFIELD,  ILLIXOIS,      ) 
August  7th,  1857.         ) 
His  EXCELLENCY,  W.  H.  BISSELL, 

GOVERNOR  OF  ILLIXOIS  : 

SIR: 

In  compliance  with  your  order  to  prepare  and  submit  to  you,  for  publication,  an  abstract 

of  the  observations  made  in  the  Illinois  Coal  fields  during  the  progress  of  the  State  Geological 
Survey,  I  respectfully  beg  leave  to  report,  that  I  have  attended  to  that  duty. 

In  the  following  pages  you  will  find  a  succinct,  but  complete,  description  of  every  Coal  that 
lias  been  analyzed  in  the  State  Laboratory  up  to  this  date ;  together  with  numerous  sections  of  the 

rocks  with  which  the  beds  are  associated  in  different  parts  of  the  State. 
,:, 

Hoping  that  it  may  prove  satisfactory  to  you,  I  am,  Sir, 

With  the  highest  respect, 

Your  Obedient  Servant, 

3.  G.  NORWOOD. 


• 


ABSTRACT. 


GALLATIN  COUNTY. 

SALINE    MINES.       UPPER    BED.      "LOCK    RESERVE." 

Bed  four  feet  thick.  Overlaid  with  six  inches  of  black  slate,  which  is 
capped  with  a  bed  of  hard  bluish-colored  limestone,  forming  a  good  roof 
Coal  dull  to  bright ;  hard;  fracture  hackly  ;  layers  thin;  much  sulphuret. 
of  iron  disseminated  through  it.  Cleaves  at  angles  of  50°  and  130°. 

Specific  Gravity,  1  '30 

Loss  in  coking,  39.2 

Total  weight  of  coke,  60.8  =  100.0 

Analysis: — Moisture,       .......  §'5 

Volatile  matters, 30-7 

Carbon  in  coke, 57-8 

Ashes, 8-0 


Carbon  in  the  coal,  66'30 


SALINE    MINES — UPPER   BED. 

Thickness,  four  feet. 
Loss  in  coking,  42 '4 

Total  weight  of  coke,  57 '6  =  100-0 

Analysis. — Moisture, 

Volatile  matters,  '  - 

Carbon  in  coke, 

Ashes,      ...... 

Carbon  in  the  coal,  58-85 


100-0 


2-6 
39-8 
56-1 

1-6 


100-0 


SALINE    MINES,    FIVE    FEET    SEAM. 


Bed  five  feet  thick.   Coal  hard;  compact;  bright;  occasionally  slightly 
iridescent ;  fracture  hackly ;  layers  thin.     Contains  thin  vertical  seam? 


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of  sulphuret  of  iron. — Covered  with  a  roof  of  dark-colored  shale.     The 
floor  was  not  exposed  when  tke  examinations  were  made. 

Specific  gravity,  1-2925 

Loss  in  coking, •-        40 '8 

Total  weight  of  coke,-        -        -        -  59.2  =  100-0 

Analysis. — Moisture.,      - 8-0 

Volatile  matters, 32.8 

Carbon  in  coka, 55-5 

Ashes, 3-7 

100-0 

Carbon  in  the  coal,  63-10 


SALINE    MINES,    SECOND    BED. 

Bed  three  feet  six  inches  thick.  Coal  bright ;  hard ;  rather  brittle  ; 
layers  thin,  and  separated  with  carbonaceous  clod.  Contains  vertical 
seams  of  carbonate  of  lime.  Cleavage  cubical. 

Specific  gravity,  1-2892 

Loss  in  coking,  36 '8 

Total  weight  of  coke,  63-2  =  100-0 

Analysis. — Moisture, 6-5 

Volatile  matters,        ....  30-3 

Carbon  in  coke, 55'2 

Ashes, 8-0 

100-0 

Carbon  in  the  coal,  60'7  ' 


BOWLES'    MINE. "  MASON    ENTRY." 

Bed  three  feet  six  inches  to  four  feet  in  thickness.  Overlaid  with  a  few 
inches  of  shale,  which  is  covered  with  two  feet  six  inches  of  limestone, 
forming  a  good  roof.  Underlaid  with  fire  clay.  Coal  hard  and  compact ; 
bright ;  in  thin  layers,  with  a  very  small  amount  of  sulphuret  of  iron 
disseminated  through  the  joints.  Swells  up  and  spatters  in  coking. 

Specific  gravity,  1-303 

Loss  in  coking,  39'8 

Total  weight  of  coke,  60-2  =  lOO'O 

Analysis. — Moisture, 2.0 

Volatile  matters, 37.8 

Carbon  in  coke, 53-2 

Ashes  (white),  7'0 

100-0 

Carbon  in  the  coal 


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EQUALITY. (LOWER    BED.) 

This  bed  is  worked  in  the  river  bottom,  at  the  old  "  Hicks  Mill."  The 
shaft  is  about  fifty  feet  in  depth.  Thickness  of  the  bed  five  feet.  Coal 
bright ;  hard  ;  compact ;  with  numerous  carbonized  coal  plants  between 
the  layers.  Overlaid  with  black  slate.  Floor  not  ascertained,  because  of 
water  in  the  shafts. 

Specific  gravity,  1-2953 

Loss  in  coking,  35'8 

Total  weight  of  coke,  64'2  =  lOO'O 

Analysis. — Moisture, 1'2 

Volatile  matters,      ...    .  '  *Mk-  34'6 

Carbon  in  coke,     -        -        ~    t  '        •        -        52  -2 

Ashes, 12-0 

100-0 

Carbon  in  the  coal,  58'2 


EQUALITY. (TOP    SEAM. — "  MARTIN'S.") 

Bed  three  feet  six  inches  thick.     Coal  very  bright ;  hard ;  compact ; 
fracture  even :  layers  thick,  with  partings  of  carbonaceous  clod,  and 
occasional  vertical  streaks  of  carbonate  of  lime.     Cleavage  rhomboidal. 
Overlaid  with  black  slate,  containing  nodules  and  large  masses  of  "  bas- 
tard "  limestone.     Underlaid  with  clay  and  shales. 
Specific  gravity,  1-2758 
Loss  in  coking,  41-38 

Total  weight  of  coke,  58-62  —  100-0 

Analysis. — Moisture, 2'SO 

Volatile  matters, 38-58 

Carbon  in  coke, 51-92' 

Ashes  (drab),  6-70 

100-00 

Carbon  in  the  coal,  C2'5 


EQUALITY  (SAME  BED.) 

Specific  gravity,  1.3054 

Loss  in  coking,  37  '7 

Total  weight  of  coke,  62-3  =  100 

Analysis. — Moisture, 5-7 

Volatile  matters, 32'0 

Carbon  in  coke, 59-8 

Ashes, 2-3 

100-0 

Carbon  in  the  coal,  G2'5 


EAGLE    CREEK    MINE. 

Thickness  of  the  bed  four  feet  six  inches.  Overlaid  with  ten  inches  of 
black  slate,  which  is  capped  with  clay  shale,  overlaid  with  eight  feet  of 
thin-bedded  sandstone.  Coal,  in  general  appearance,  bright ;  hard  ;  com- 
pact ;  fracture  even ;  layers  thick,  alternately  bright  and  dull,  and  occa- 
sionally separated  with  carbonaceous  clod.  Contains  short  thin  vertical 
seams  of  carbonate  of  lime. 

Specific  gravity,  1-2364 

Loss  in  coking,  37  -0 

Total  weight  of  coke,  63'0  —  100  '0 

Analysis : — Moisture, 1-0 

Volatile  matters, 36-0 

Carbon  in  coke, 57  -2 

Ashes  (gray), 5 '8 

100-0 

Carbon  in  the  coal,  67  '01 


SALINE  COUNTY. 

COAL    BRANCH    OF    BANKSTON    CREEK. 

Bed  seven  feet  thick.  Overlaid  with  one  foot  of  black  slate,  and  that 
with  seven  feet  of  bluish  limestone,  forming  a  good  roof.  Floor  not 
ascertained.  Coal  variable,  from  dull  to  bright ;  hard  ;  compact ;  fracture 
uneven  ;  layers  thick,  with  thin  seams  of  sulphuret  of  iron  between  them. 
The  joints  contain,  occasionally,  vertical  streaks  of  carbonate  of  lime. 

Specific  gravity,  1-2873 

Loss  in  coking,  39 -8 

Total  weight  of  coke,  60'2  —  lOO'O 

Analysis: — Moisture, 5-3 

Volatile  matters,        -  **-        -         -  34-5 

Carbon  in  coke,    -        -        -        -         -  50'6 

Ashes, -  9-6 

-  100-0 
Carbon  in  the  coal,  59D 


."  HAYS'    MILL." "  LITTLE    SALINE." 

•'  At  Hays'  Mill,  on  the  Little  Saline,"  there  is  a  coal  seam  in  the  bed 
of  the  creek,  thickness  unknown,  as  it  has  not  been  cut  through.  Its 
roof  is  a  bed  of  fire  clay,  twenty-two  inches  thick.  The  roof  of  this  bed 
is  sandstone.  Dip.  5°.  N.  W." — Henry  PratterHs  Notes,  1853. 


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Specific  gravity,  1'4955 

Loss  in  coking,  82-40 

Total  weight  of  coke,  67 '60  =  lOO'O 

Analysis : — Moisture, 4-1 

Volatile  matters, 28-3  » 

Carbon  in  coke, 57  -6 

Ashes  (dark  red), 10-0 

100-0 

Carbon  in  the  coal,  57  -t> 


WILLIAMSON  COUNTY. 

DR.  SMITH'S  MINE. 

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Thickness  of  bed  one  foot  six  inches.     Coal  dull ;  fracture  hackly  ; 

layers  thin,  and  separated  with  carbonaceous  clod.  The  vertical  joints 
contain  plates  of  carbonate  of  lime.  There  is  in  this  bed  a  seam  of  light- 
colored  iron  pyrites,  which  was  mistaken  for  silver  by  those  interested  in 
the  land.  "  Cokes  badly."— H.  P. 

Specific  gravity,  1-3197 

Loss  in  coking,  39 -38 

Total  weight  of  coke,  60-62  =  lOO'O 

Analysis: — Moisture, 3-30 

Volatile  matters, 36-08 

Carbon  in  coke, 5T92 

Ashes  (reddish  brown),     ....  8 '70 

100-00 

Carbon  in  the  coal,  56-27 


SPILLERS   MINE. TWO    MILES    NORTH    OF    MARION. 

Bed  nine  feet  thick,  with  a  band  of  iron  pyrites  three  inches  in  thick- 
ness near  the  bottom  of  the  seam.  Overlaid  with  four  feet  of  slate,  which 
is  capped  with  a  bed  of  limestone.  This  magnificent  coal  seam  has  only 
been  worked  by  stripping.  Coal  bright ;  iridescent ;  brittle  to  hard  ; 
layers  thick,  arid  separated  with  carbonaceous  clod.  Contains  a  few 
vertical  seams  of  carbonate  of  lime,  and  a  few  vertical  plates  of  sulphuret 
of  iron. 

Specific  gravity,  1-2825 
Loss  in  coking,  43*1 

Total  weight  of  coke,  56'fi  —  lOO'O 
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Analysis: — Moisture,- 6-2 

Volatile  matters, 36 '9 

Carbon  in  coke, 54'9 

Ashes, 2-0 

100-0 

Carbon  in  the  coal,  57 '5 


JOHNSON  COUNTY.' 

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JOEL  JOHNSON'S  COAL  BED. 

Coal  dull ;  soft ;  fracture  uneven ;  layers  thin  and  easily  separable. 
with  carbonaceous  clod  between  them.  Joints  stained  with  oxide  of  iron. 
This  bed  of  coal  is  exposed  in  the  bottom  of  a  creek  in  the  N  W,  ^  of 
Sec  13,  T  12  S,  R  3  E.  Thickness  not  known.  Where  it  outcrops,  it 
could  only  be  worked  by  "  stripping  "  for  an  area  of  many  acres.  The 
coke  is  good. 

Specific  gravity,  1-4446 

Loss  in  coking,  25-06 

Total  weight  of  coke,  74-94  =  lOO'OO 

Analysis: — Moisture, 1-60 

Volatile  matters, 23 '46 

Carbon  in  coke, 47-84 

Ashes  (white,) 27-10 

100-00 

Carbon  in  the  coal,  61-2 


JACKSON  COUNTY. 

MURPHRYSBOROUGH  BED. "BIG    MUDDY." 

This  bed  varies  in  thickness  from  seven  feet  six  inches  to  nine  feet.  It 
is  divided  by  a  seam  of  black  shale,  from  one  foot  eight  inches  to  two 
feet  in  thickness.  The  average  depth  of  the  coal  is  six  feet.  Coal  bright ; 
Lard  ;  fracture  hackly  ;  layers  separated  with  carbonaceous  clod.  Con- 
tains a  few  short  vertical  seams  of  carbonate  of  lime.  Cleavage  rhom- 
boidal.  Overlaid  with  twenty -two  feet  six  inches  of  shales,  and  underlaid 
with  clay. 

Specific  gravity,  1-2933 

Loss  in  coking,  37  '7 

Total  weight  of  coke,  62-3  ==  lOO'O 


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Analysis : — Moisture, 6-5 

Volatile  matters,        -  -         -        -  31 '2 

Carbon  in  coke, 60'8 

Ashes, -  1-5 

lOO'O 

Carbon  in  the  coal, 


HAMILTON  COUNTY. 
SHASTEEN'S   MINE. 

Thickness  one  foot  six  inches.  Overlaid  with  black  slate.  Floor  not 
ascertained.  Coal  rather  dull,  with  a  few  bright  spots  ;  hard ;  compact ; 
fracture  even  ;  layers  alternately  thick  and  thin.  Contains  a  few  vertical 
seams  of  carbonate  of  lime,  and  a  very  small  amount  of  sulphuret  of  iron 
in  the  horizontal  partings. 

Specific  gravity,  1  -3233 

Loss  in  coking,  3S-94 

Total  weight  of  coke,  61 '06  =  lOO'OO 

Analysis: — Moisture, 5-30 

Volatile  matters,        -        -        -        -        -  3  3 -64 

Carbon  in  coke, 53-56 

Ashes  (pale  brown),  7  '50 

100-00 

Carbon  in  the  coal,  54-85 


PERRY  COUNTY. 
COL.  ASHLEY'S  DU  QUOIN  BED. 

Thickness  of  coal  six  feet  six  inches.  Overlaid  with  bituminous  shale. 
Underlaid  with  fire  clay.  Coal,  very  bright;  hard;  compact;  fracture 
even ;  layers  thick,  and  separated  with  very  thin  streaks  of  carbonaceous 
clod.  Contains  a  few  vertical  plates  of  carbonate  of  lime,  which  are, 
however,  very  short.  Swells  up  and  spatters  in  coking. 

Specific  gravity,  1-246 

Loss  in  coking,  48 '9 

Total  weight  of  coke,  51 -1  —  lOO'O 

Analysis: — Moisture 8  '5       ' 

Volatile  matters, 40 -4 

Carbon  in  coke, 48'1 

Ashes  (light  gray), 3'0 

100-0 

Carbon  in  the  coal,  59 -G 


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MONROE  COUNTY. 

SXYDER'S  MINES. — UPPER  BED. 

Thickness  of  coal  three  feet  six  inches.  Overlaid  with  a  bluish-colored 
micaceous  sandstone.  Rests  on  a  bed  of  white  clay.  This  bed  underlies 
the  beds  worked  at  Belleville,  St.  Clair  county.  Coal  bright  and  dull  in 
alternating  layers ;  hard  and  brittle ;  fracture  even ;  layers  alternately 
thick  and  thin,  with  carbonaceous  clod  between  them.  The  vertical  joints 
^contain  carbonate  of  lime,  stained  with  oxide  of  iron.  Cleavage  vertical. 

Specific  gravity,  1'246 

Loss  in  coking,  42 -9 

Total  weight  of  coke,  51 -1  =  lOO'O 

Analysis: — Moisture,    "j 6-7 

Volatile  matters, 36-2 

Carbon  in  coke, 52'6 

Ashes  (white), 4-5 

100-0 

Carbon  in  the  coal,  58'7 


.      SNYDER  S  MINES. LOWER   BED. 

Thickness  one  foot  six  inches.  Overlaid  with  seventeen  feet  of  blue 
shale,  which  is  capped  with  five  feet  of  blue  micaceous  sandstone.  This 
is  the  lowest  bed  in  Monroe  county,  and  underlies  the  beds  worked  in  St. 
Clair  county. 

Specific  gravity,  1-2825 

Loss  in  coking,  41-0 

Total  weight  of  coke,  59'0  —  lOO'O 

Analysis: — Moisture, 9-0 

Volatile  matters,        -  32-0 

Carbon  in  coke, 32-2 

Ashes, 6-8 

—  100-0 
Carbon  in  the  coal,  52-2 


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ST.  GLAIR  COUNTY. 

CASEYVILLE    MINES. "  ILLINOIS    COAL    COMPANY." 

Thickness  of  coal,  six  feet.  Overlaid  with  ten  inches  of  slate,  which 
is  capped  with  over  five  feet  of  limestone.  Underlaid  with  fire  clay. 
Coal  bright ;  hard  ;  fracture  even ;  layers  alternately  thick  and  thin,  and 
separated  with  very  thin  seams  of  carbonaceous  clod.  The  joints  contain 
thick  vertical  seams  of  carbonate  of  lime.  This  bed  is  troubled  with 
"  horse-backs,"  and  is  occasionally  interrupted  with  "  clay  slips."  In  some 
of  the  entries  "  creeps"  occur.  It  is  one  of  the  best  mines  in  the  State, 
so  far  as  locality  and  facility  for  working  are  concerned. 

Specific  gravity,  1-304 
Loss  in  coking.  39 '8 

Total  weight  of  coke,  60'2  —  100-0 
Analysis  : — Moisture,  6-0 

Volatile  matters, 33-8 

Carbon  in  coke, 55 '2 

Ashes  (pale  red),       -        -        -        -     '   -  5-0 

100-0 

Carbon  in  the  coal,  55 -3 


ANDREAS    PFEIFFERS    PLACE. 

Thiekness  of  coal,  eight  feet.  Overlaid  with  one  foot  of  bituminous 
slate,  which  is  capped  with  six  feet  of  limestone.  Underlaid  with  fire  clay. 
Coal  dull  on  its  vertical  face ;  bright  and  iridescent  in  the  horizontal 
seams;  brittle;  fracture  uneven;  layers  thick.  It  contains  a  few  short 
vertical  plates  of  carbonate  of  lime. 

Specific  gravity,  1'293 

Loss  in  coking,  44'3 

Total  weight  of  coke,  557  =  100-0 

Analysis : — Moisture, 8 '5 

Volatile  matters, 35'8 

Carbon  in  coke, 51  '2 

Ashes  (red),      -;-...  4-5 

lOO'O 

Carbon  in  the  coal,  5*1-5 

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BELLEVILLE    BED. — VARIOUS  OPENINGS. 

Thickness  of  coal  varies  from  six  to  eight  feet.  Overlaid  with  a  thin 
seam  of  shale,  which  is  capped  with  four  feet  of  limestone.  Underlaid 
with  fire  clay.  Coal  very  bright ;  hard  ;  compact ;  layers  thin,  and  not 
easily  separable,  with  a  small  amount  of  carbonaceous  clod  between  them. 
Contains  thin  vertical  seams  of  carbonate  of  lime,  which  are  very  irregular 
in  their  distribution.  Coke  good. 

Specific  gravity,  1-268 

Loss  in  coking,  45 -0 

Total  weight  of  coke,  55.0  =  lOO'O 

Analysis: — Moisture, 5-5 

Volatile  matters, 39-5 

Carbon  in  coke, 49-6 

Ashes  (gray), 5 -4 

100-0 

Carbon  in  the  coal,  54'6 


BELSHAS   MIDDLE    DRIFT. 

Thickness  of  the  coal,  six  feet  nine  inches.  Overlaid  with  one  foot  nine 
inches  of  shales,  which  are  capped  with  a  bed  of  limestone.  Underlaid 
with  a  few  inches  of.  fire  clay,  which  rests  on  a  bed  of  gray  marl.  Coal 
bright,  with  thin  vertical  seams  of  carbonate  of  lime. 

Specific  gravity,  1-2966 

Loss  in  coking,  43'66 

Total  weight  of  coke,  56-34  =  100 -00 

Analysis: — Moisture,     -        ...  8'10 

Volatile  matters,        -        -        -  35 -56 

Carbon  in  coke,  ...  ^  -        47 -74 

Ashes  (gray),    -        -        -        -    "  8-60 

100-00 

Carbon  in  the  coal,  54-50 


DILG    &    KEMPFF  S    MINE. 


Thickness  of  the  bed,  seven  feet.  Overlaid  with  three  inches  of  coal 
ihale,  which  is  capped  with  fifteen  feet  of  limestone.  Underlaid  with 
fireclay.  Coal  (top  bed)  bright;  hard;  compact;  fracture  conchoidal ; 
layers  thick.  Contains  thin  seams  of  carbonate  of  lime  in  both  the  ver- 
tical joints  and  horizontal  partings. 


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'(Top  Coal.) 

Specific  gravity,  1-2843 

Loss  in  coking,  45 -54 

Total  weight  of  coke,  54-46  —  100 '00 

Analysis: — Moisture,     - 

Volatile  matters,        .        -        -        - 
Carbon  in  coke, 
Ashes  (white),  - 

Carbon  in  the  coal,  59 '09 


DILG  A  KEMPFF'S  MINE. 
(Middle   Coal.) 


Specific  gravity,  1-3847 

Loss  in  coking,  42-38 

Total  weight  of  coke,  57-62  =  lOO'OO 

Analysis: — Moisture, 

Volatile  matters,       - 
Carbon  hi  coke,  « 

Ashes  (white), 

Carbon  in  the  coal,  54-39 


5-10 
40-44 
47-66 

6-80 


100-00 


4-20 
38-18 
49-02 

8-60 


100-00 


DILG    &    KEMPFF  S    MINE. 

(Bottom  Coal) 

Coal  rather  dull ;  hard ;  compact ;  fracture  even ;  layers  thin  and  not 
easily  separable,  with  occasional  thin  seams  of  carbonaceous  clod  between 
them.  Contains  thin  vertical  seams  of  carbonate  of  lime.  Coke  good. 

Specific  gravity,  1-3531 
Loss  in  coking,  39 '63 

Total  weight  of  coke,  60'37  =  100-00 
Analysis: — Moisture,     -------          4'00 

Volatile  matters,  ,  S5-63 

Carbon  in  coke, 36 '77 

Ashes  (gray),  23-60 


Carbon  in  the  coal,  49-38 


100-00 


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w.  B.  CHURCHILL'S  MINE. 

Thickness  of  the  bed,  six  feet.  Coal  bright ;  hard ;  fracture  even  ; 
layers  thick,  with  partings  of  carbonaceous  clod.  Contains  a  few  thin 
vertical  seams  of  carbonate  of  lime,  and  thick  horizontal  ones  of  sulphuret 
of  iron.  Cleavage  vertical.  The  undulation  in  this  bed  will  not  interfere, 
materially,  with  its  being  worked  profitably.  Overlaid  with  two  inches  of 
clay,  capped  with  three  feet  of  limestone.  Underlaid  with  fire  clay. 

Specific  gravity,  1-315 

Loss  in  coking,  45-40 

Total  weight  of  coke,  54-60  =  100-00 

Analysis : — Moisture, 

Volatile  matters, 

Carbon  in  coke,            ..... 
Ashes  (white), 

Carbon  in  the  coal,  5 2 '6 3 


MADISON  COUNTY. 

JEFFREY'S  MINE. 

Thickness  of  the  bed,  two  feet  six  inches.  Coal  bright ;  hard  ;  com- 
pact ;  fracture  tolerably  even  ;  layers  thin,  regular,  and  separated,  occa- 
sionally, with  very  thin  seams  of  carbonaceous  clod,  There  is  but  little 
carbonate  of  lime  in  the  joints.  Overlaid  with  eleven  inches  of  black 
slate,  which,  is  capped  with  shales.  Underlaid  with  fire  clay. 

Specific  gravity,  1-2859 

Loss  in  coking,  48'75 

Total  weight  of  coke,  51-25  =  lOO'OO 

Analysis: — Moisture,      -        -         -  -         -        -         11  '00 

Volatile  matters, 37 -75 

Carbon  in  coke, 47 '35 

Ashes  (gray), 3'90 

100-00 

Carbon  in  the  coal,  51-48 


RICHARD  CARTLIDGE'S  MINE. 

Thickness  of  the  coal  varies  from  four  feet  to  six  feet.     Coal  bright; 
brittle ;  layers  thin,  and  alternately  dull  and  bright,  with  occasional  sepa- 


IT 

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rations  of  carbonaceous  clod  ;  easily  separable  in  the  horizontal  partings. 
Fracture  even  to  hackly.  Contains  thin  vertical  seams  of  sulphuret  of 
iron.  Overlaid  with  six  inches  of  marly  clay,  which  is  capped  with  ten 
feet  of  limestone.  Underlaid  with  fire  clay. 

Specific  gravity,  1-3137 

Loss  in  coking,  44 '39 

Total  weight  of  coke,  55'61  ==  lOO'OO 

Analysis: — Moisture, 8*30 

Volatile  matters, 36-09 

. 

Carbon  in  coke, 45.01 

Ashes  (gray), 10'60 

100-00 

Carbon  in  the  coal,  50'3S 


CHARLES    GROSHANG'3    MINE. 

Thickness  of  the  bed,  from  two  feet  six  inches,  to  three  feet.  Coal 
alternately  bright  and  dull ;  hard  ;  fracture  hackly ;  layers  thick,  wavy, 
and  separated  with  thin  layers  of  carbonaceous  clod. 

Specific  gravity,  1-3221 

Loss  in  coking,  37 -55 

Total  weight  of  coke,  62'45  =  100-00 

Analysis: — Moisture,      -        - 7.50 

Volatile  matters,       .  30-05 

Carbon  in  coke,     -        -        -        -        -        -         54-85 

Ashes  (brown), 7.60 

100-00 

Carbon  in  the  coal,  56-27 


DUNFORD'S  MINE  —  (NEAR  ALTON.) 

Coal  bright ;  hard ;  compact ;  fracture  uneven ;  layers  thick,  with 
partings  of  carbonaceous  clod.  Contains  thin  vertical  seams  of  carbonate 
of  lime. 

Specific  gravity,  1-2587 

Loss  in  coking,  47'26 

Total  weight  of  coke,  52'74  =  100-00 

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Analysis: — Moisture, 5-80 

Volatile  matters, 41-46 

Carbon  in  coke,    -                 -                         -  47  -44 

Ashes  (gray), 5 -30 

100-00 

Carbon  in  the  coal,  54-62 


EMERSON   <t   RYDER'S   MINE. 

Specific  gravity,  1-3191 

Loss  in  coking,  42-60 

Total  weight  of  coke,  57-40  =  lOO'OO 

Analysis : — Moisture, 10-30 

Volatile  matters,        -  32-30 

Carbon  in  coke,     -        ...        .        .        -         53-90 
Ashes  (reddish  brown),      ....  3-50 

100-00 

Carbon  in  the  coal,  54-39 


"WOOD    KIVER    COAL    MINING    COMPANY. 

Thickness  of  the  bed,  six  feet.  Overlaid  with  a  few  inches  of  clay 
shale,  capped  with  fourteen  feet  of  limestone.  Underlaid  with  fire  clay. 
Troubled  with  "horse-backs;"  not  so  much,  however,  as  to  prevent  the 
mines  from  being  worked  profitably.  It  is  one  of  the  best  mines  in 
Madison  county. 

(Top  Coal.) 

Coal  tolerably  bright ;  brittle ;  layers  thin,  and  separated  with  carbon- 
ized coal  plants.  Fracture  even.  Contains  rather  thick  vertical  seams  of 
carbonate  of  lime,  and  a  few  streaks  of  sulphuret  of  iron  between  the 
horizontal  layers. 

Specific  gravity,  1-2916 

Loss  in  coking,  55  %3 

Total  weight  of  coke,  44 '7  =  lOO'O 

Analysis: — Moisture,       -        - 11 -0 

Volatile  matters, 44-3 

Carbon  in  coke,     -  :  37 '2 

Ashes  (gray),    ...  .  7 '5 

100-0 

Carbon  in  the  coal,  45 -45 


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"  WOOD    RIVER   COAL   MINING    COMPANY." 

(Middle   Coal) 

Coal  bright;  brittle;  fracture  even ;  layers  thin,  and  not  easily  sepa- 
rated, with  very  little  carbonaceous  clod  between  them.  Contains  thick 
vertical  plates  of  carbonate  of  lime,  and  a  few  thin  ones  of  sulphuret  of 
iron. 

Specific  gravity,  1-3158 

Loss  in  coking,  50*0 

Total  weight  of  coke,  50 -0  =--  lOO'O 

Analysis: — Moisture, 10-0 

Volatile  matters, 40 '0 

Carbon  in  coke,    -        -        -        -        -        -        42 '7 

Ashes  (pink),   -        -        -        -      '  -        -  7'3 

100-0 

Carbon  in  the  coal,  49-08 


COOK'S   MINE. 

This  is  the  same  bed  that  is  worked  by  the  "Wood  River  Coal  Mining 
Co.,"  and  the  appearance  of  the  coal  is  the  same.  It  differs  slightly, 
however,  in  composition. 

Specific  gravity,  1-3017 

Loss  in  coking,  51-15 

Total  weight  of  coke,  48'85  =  lOO'O 

Analysis: — Moisture, 8-00 

Volatile  matters,       V     "        •        •        -  48-15 

Carbon  in  coke, 38-85 

Ashes  (gray), 10'09 

100-00 

Carbon  in  the  coal,  47  "1 


EDWARDSVILLE    MINE. 

This  bed  has  not  been  examined  by  any  one  connected  with  the  survey. 
The  specimens  brought  to  the  state  laboratory  are  bright ;  brittle  ;  frac- 
ture uneven  ;  layers  alternately  thiek  and  thin.  Contains  vertical  seams 
of  carbonate  of  lime. 

Specific  gravity,  1  -346 

Loss  in  coking,  46-85 

Total  weight  of  coke,  53-15  =  100-00 


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Analysis: — Moisture, •>  10-00 

Volatile  matters, 36-85 

Carbon  in  coke, 49  -7  5 

Ashes  (purplish),       -         -        -        -        -  3-40 

100-00 

Carbon  in  the  coal,  58-07 


RANDOLPH  COUNTY. 
RITCHIE'S  COAL  BED. 

Thickness  four  feet  six  inches.  Overlaid  with  limestone.  Underlaid 
with  clay.  Coal  hard  and  compact ;  fracture  slightly  conchoidal.  Con- 
tains very  minute  seams  of  carbonate  of  lime  in  the  joints,  and  thin  seam? 
of  sulphuret  of  iron,  disposed  both  vertically  and  horizontally. 

Specific  gravity,  1-3021 

Loss  in  coking,  46-1 

Total  weight  of  coke,  63-9  —  lOO'O 

Analysis: — Moisture, 8'0 

Volatile  matters,        -        -        -        ...  38-1 

Carbon  in  coke, 50'9 

Ashes  (very  dark  gray),     -        -        -        -  3-0 

100-0 

Carbon  in  the  coal,  54-17 


CALHOUN   COUNTY. 
.JOHNSON'S  PLACE. 


Thickness  of  the  bed,  two  feet  four  inches.  Overlaid  with  six  inches 
of  black  slate,  passing  into  gray  shale.  Floor  not  ascertained.  COH! 
dull ;  brittle ;  fracture  tolerably  even  ;  layers  indistinct ;  slightly  irides- 
cent ;  joints  much  siained  with  oxide  of  iron,  derived,  probably,  from  the 
decomposition  of  a  sulphuret  of  that  metal.  Coke  tolerably  good. 

Specific  gravity,  1-2681 

Loss  in  coking,  45*7 

Total  weight  of  coke,  54-3  =  100-0 

/  Analysis: — Moisture,       ...  4-8 

Volatile  matters,         --..--  40'9 

Carbon  in  coke, 49-1 

Ashes  (brown),  5-2 

100-0 

Carbon  in  the  coal,  53-06 


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MACOUPIN  COUNTY. 

HODGES'  CREEK  BED. 

Thickness  of  the  bed,  five  feet  six  inches.  Overlaid  with  one  foot  of 
black  slate,  which  is  capped  with  two  feet  of  bluish-colored  limestone. 
Underlaid  with  shale.  Coal  bright ;  hard  ;  compact ;  fracture  uneven ; 
layers  thick,  with  partings  of  carbonaceous  clod.  Contains  vertical  seams 
of  carbonate  of  lime.  Coke  good. 

Specific  gravity,  1-2797 

Loss  in  coking,  43 '48 

Total  weight  of  coke,  56-52  =  100-00 

Analysis: — Moisture,      -------          6-50 

Volatile  matters,        -  36-98 

Carbon  in  coke, 48-72 

Ashes  (brown),          -  7  '80 

100-00 

Carbon  in  the  coal,  53-8 


PIKE  COUNTY. 
HOUSEWORTH'S  COAL  BED. 

Thickness  one  foot  six  inches.  Overlaid  with  clay,  containing  masses 
of  rounded  limestone.  Underlaid  with  a  bed  of  bluish-colored  clay. 
Coal  rather  dull ;  brittle ;  layers  alternately  thick  and  thin  ;  fracture 
uneven.  Contains  a  great  quantity  of  sulphuret  of  iron  mixed  with  coal 
dust,  disposed  horizontally. 

Specific  gravity,  1-2203 
Loss  in  coking,  49 -5 

Total  weight  of  coke,  50 -3 

Analysis: — Moisture,  -  -  ....  5-9 
Volatile  matters,  ...  44-5 

Carbon  in  coke,  45-5 

Ashes  (white),  .•--..  5-0 

100-0 

Carbon  in  the  coal,  53-2 


JACKSON  S    MINE. 


Thickness  of  bed  one  foot  six  inches,  to  one  foot  eight  inches.     Coal 
dull;  brittle;  fracture  exceedingly  irregular ;  layers  thin,  and  separated 


with  carbonized  coal  plants.  This  bed  is  eight  miles  north  of  Pittafield. 
The  analysis  was  made  of  a  portion  of  the  bed  that  resembles,  in  appear- 
ance, carbonized  wood.  The  bituminous  portion  is  like  Houseworth's  coal. 

Specific  gravity,  1-7784 

Loss  in  coking,  14'1 

Total  weight  of  coke,  85'9  =  lOO'O 

Analysis: — Moisture,       -        -       -        -        -        -        -          2-0 

Volatile  matters,        -        -        .        -        -  12-1 

Carbon  in  coke, 56'9 

Ashes  (gray), 29-0 

100-0 

Carbon  in  the  coal,  57*5 


GREEN  COUNTY. 

DRAKE'S  MINE. 

Thickness  of  the  bed,  from  two  feet  four  inches,  to  two  feet  eight  inches. 
Coal  rather  dull ;  brittle ;  fracture  hackly ;  layers  thin,  and  separated 
with  carbonaceous  clod.  Contains  vertical  plates  of  carbonate  of  lime, 
which  are  confined  principally  to  a  thin  bright  band  of  the  bed.  There 
is  a  little  sulphuret  of  iron  disseminated  through  the  mass  of  coal.  Coal 
good,  but  dirty. 

Specific  gravity,  1-3083 

Loss  in  coking,  40-47 

Total  weight  of  coke,  59'53  =  100-00 

Analysis: — Moisture, 

Volatile  matters,  - 

Carbon  in  coke,     - 

Ashes  (gray),     ... 

Carbon  in  the  coal,  59-79 


SANGAMON  COUNTY. 

The  beds  of  coal  at  present  opened  in  this  county  vary  from  one  foot 
eight  inches,  to  two  feet  in  thickness.  All  the  coal  is  obtained  by  "  strip- 
ping," or,  to  use  another  term,  by  quarrying.  Fourteen  or  fifteen  openings, 
have  been  made.  The  coal  taken  from  most  of  them  is  of  the  same 
quality. 


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SANDERS'  COAL. 

Coal  rather  dull;  hard;  somewhat  brittle;  fracture  hackly;  layers 
thick,  with  partings  of  carbonaceous  clod.  Contains  vertical  seams  of 
both  carbonate  of  lime  and  sulphuret  of  iron  ;  also,  a  few  thin  horizontal 
layers  of  iron  pyrites. 

Specific  gravity,  1-2463 

Loss  in  coking,  48 '14 

Total  weight  of  coke,  51-86  =  lOO'OO 

Analysis: — Moisture, 5-60 

Volatile  matters, 42-54 

Carbon  in  coke, 42'86 

Ashes, 9-00 

100-00 

Carbon  in  the  coal,  50-11 


MINE  NEAR  SPRINGFIELD — (Owner  not  known). 

Specific  gravity,  1-2839 

Loss  in  coking,  53-9 

Total  weight  of  coke,  46-1  =  100-0 

Analysis: — Moisture,      ...  -        -        12-0 

Volatile  matters, 41 -9 

Carbon  in  coke,     -        -        -         .         -         -        42-8 

Ashes  (dark  gray), 8-3 

100-0 

Carbon  in  the  coal,  45 -7 


PUFFEXBERGER'S  MINE  (NEAR  SPRINGFIELD.)* 

Specific  gravity,  1-26 

Loss  in  coking,  50-68 

Total  weight  of  coke,  49-32—100-0 

Analysis: — Moisture,  11-50 

Volatile  matters,        .....  39-18 

Carbon  in  coke,     -        -         -        -        -        -        43  -62 

Ashes  (dark  brown),  ....  5-79 

—  100-00 
Carbon  in  the  coal,  49-8 


*NOTE.— This  coal  contains  a  greal  deal  of  sulphuret  of  iron. 


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SCHUYLER  COUNTY. 

PLEASANT   VIEW. 

Thickness  of  the  coal  4  feet.  Overlaid  with  sixteen  feet  of  shale. 
Underlaid  with  fire  elay.  Coal  bright ;  hard  ;  fracture  conchoidal ;  layers 
thin,  some  of  them  separated  with  extremely  thin  seams  of  carbonaceous 
clod.  Contains  a  few  vertical  seams  of  carbonate  of  lime,  which  are 
slightly  stained  with  oxide  of  iron.  Coke  good. 

Specific  gravity,  1-286 

Loss  in  coking,  40'60 

Total  weight  of  coke,  59'40  =  100-00 

Analysis: — Moisture, -  6-0 

Volatile  matters,        -  34-6 

Carbon  in  coke,     ------         52'9 

Ashes  (deep  red), 6-5 

100-0 

Carbon  in  the  coal,  57 '8 


MINE    NEAR   RUSHVILLE. 

Thickness  of  coal,  four  feet.  Overlaid  with  three  feet  of  black  slate, 
.which  is  capped  with  one  foot  of  limestone.  Coal  rather  dull ;  hard ; 
somewhat  brittle ;  fracture  hackly  ;  layers  thin,  with  partings  of  carbon- 
aceous clod.  Contains  irregular  seams  of  carbonate  of  lime,  stained  with 
oxide  of  iron. 

Specific  gravity,  1-303 

Loss  in  coking,  41 '6 

Total  weight  of  coke,  58'4  =  lOO'O 

Analysis: — Moisture,       -        .-        -  4'5 

Volatile  matters,  -    '  37  •! 

Carbon  in  coke,     -        -    .     -         -        -        -        46  '1 

Ashes  (white), 12'3 

100-0 

,  Carbon  in  the  coal,  51-79 


SCOTT  COUNTY. 

EXETER    MINES. 


Thickness  of  beds,  two  feet  eight  inches.     Overlaid  with  slate.     Un- 
derlaid with  eight  inches  of  clay,  and  that  with  thick  beds  of  limestone. 


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Coal  bright ;  brittle  ,  fracture  uneven  ;  layers  alternately  thick  and  thin, 
with  partings  of  carbonaceous  clod.  Contains  thin  vertical  seams  both  of 
carbonate  of  lime  and  sulphuret  of  iron.  Coke  very  good. 

Specific  gravity,  1-288 

Loss  in  coking,  42 -37 

Total  weight  of  coke,  57 -63  —  100-00 

Analysis : — Moisture,      .......        12-10 

Volatile  matters,        -        -        -        -        -  30'27 

Carbon  in  coke,    -.----        50-13 

Ashes  (red), 7.50 

100-00 

Carbon  in  the  coal,  52'42 


SCOTT  COUNTY. 
BARKER'S  COAL. 

Coal  bright;  hard  ;  fracture  uneven;  layers  thin,  and  separated  with 
carbonized  fossil  ferns.  Contains  thin  vertical  seams  of  carbonate  of  lime 
and  sulphuret  of  iron. 

Specific  gravity,  1-2396 

Loss  in  coking,  42 '8 

Total  weight  of  coke,  57 -2  =  100-0 

Analysis: — Moisture, 5-5 

Volatile  matters,-  37*3 

Carbon  in  coke,     ---.--         52'2 

Ashes  (light  brown), 5-0 

100-0 

Carbon  in  the  coal,  54'8 


FROST'S  COAL. 

Coal  bright ;  hard  ;  compact ;  layers  thin,  and  separated  with  a  little 
carbonaceous  clod.  Contains  thin  vertical  seams  of  carbonate  of  lime  and 
sulphuret  of  iron. 

Specific  gravity,  1-2883 

Loss  in  coking,  46-37 

Total  weight  of  coke,  53-63  =  lOO'OO 

Analysis: — Moisture, 8 -50 

Volatile  matters,        -        -        -        -        .  37 -87 

Carbon  in  coke, 46 -53 

Ashes  (red), 7 -10 

100-00 

Carbon  in  the  coal,  51  83 

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ADAMS  COUNTY. 

HIGBY'S  COAL. 

Thickness  of  the  bed,  two  feet  six  inches.  Overlaid  with  fifteen  feet  of 
gray  shale.  Underlaid  with  fire  clay.  Coal  dull ;  hard ,  fracture  even ; 
layers  thin,  with  very  thin  seams  of  carbonaceous  clod  between  them. 
This  bed  is  occasionally  three  feet  in  thickness,  and  has  a  capping  of  six 
inches  of  blue  clay,  with  a  bed  of  black  slate  overlaying  it.  (Further 
investigation  is  needed  to  ascertain  whether  there  are  not  two  beds  of  coal 
in  the  localities  where  the  investigations  were  made  by  Mr.  Worthen.) 

Specific  gravity,  1-3354 

Loss  in  coking,  48 '4 

Total  weight  of  coke,  51-6  =  100-0 

Analysis : — Moisture,  -  lO'O 

Volatile  matters,  38 -4 

Carbon  in  coke,        ...  41-2 

Ashes  (yellow),  -  -  10'4 

100-0 

Carbon  in  the  coal,  48. 


BASSETT'S  COAL. 

Thickness  of  the  bed,  from  one  foot  four  inches,  to  one  foot  six  inches. 
Overlaid  with  one  foot  six  inches  of  black  slate.  Floor  not  ascertained. 
Coal  bright;  brittle  ;  fracture  uneven  ;  layers  thick,  and  separated  with  a 
little  carbonaceous  clod.  Contains  a  few  very  thin  layers  of  sulphuret  of 
iron,  and  some  thin  vertical  seams  of  carbonate  of  lime. 

Specific  gravity,  1-2684 

Loss  in  coking,  42-52 

Total  weight  of  coke,  57 '48  =  100-00 

Analysis: — Moisture,  9-20 

Volatile  matters,  33-32 

Carbon  in  coke,         -  51 '4  8 

Ashes  (pale  red),  -  -  6-00 

100-00 

Carbon  in  the  coal,  55-91 


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JERSEY  COUNTY. 

LANGLEY'S  MINE. 

Thickness  of  the  bed,  five  feet.  Overlaid  with  two  feet  of  black  slate, 
which  is  capped  with  three  feet  of  limestone.  Underlaid  with  fire  clay. 
(The  death  of  the  Geological  Assistant  in  the  Illinois  State  Survey,  Mr. 
Henry  Pratten,  prevents  me  from  giving  at  present  more  than  this  para- 
graph contains.  Mr.  Pratten  analyzed  the  coal,  but  I  have  been  unable 
to  find  the  analysis  in  the  notes  returned  to  my  office.)  In  quality  it  very 
nearly  resembles  the  Madison  county  coal. 


VERMILION  COUNTY. 

PAYNE'S  MINE. 

Thickness  of  the  bed,  six  feet  six  inches.  Overlaid  with  clay  and  drift. 
Underlaid  with  one  foot  four  inches  of  clay.  Below  this  there  is  another 
bed  of  coal  one  foot  six  inches  thick,  underlaid  with  four  feet  of  fire-clay. 
Coal  dull;  brittle;  fracture  hackly;  layers  thick,  and  separated  with  a 
small  amount  of  carbonaceous  clod.  Contains  numerous  thick  vertical 
plates  of  carbonate  of  lime  ;  also,  thin  seams  of  sulphuret  of  iron,  disposed 
both  horizontally  and  vertically.  The  following  analysis  is  of  coal  taken 
from  the  main  entry,  sixty  feet  from  the  outcrop. 

Specific  gravity,  1'26 

Loss  in  coking,  46*1 

Total  weight  of  coke,  53-9  =100-0 

Analysis : — Moisture,  -  8 '7 

Volatile  matters,  3*7 '4 

Carbon  in  coke,  -  -  43 -9 

Ashes  (gray),  -  lO'O 

100-0 

Carbon  in  the  coal,  50  38  * 


PAYNE'S  COAL — (OUT  CROP.) 

Specific  gravity,  1-2833 

Loss  in  coking,  47 '0 

Total  weight  of  coke,    58-0  =  lOO'O 


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Analysis : — Moisture,     -  5-1 

Volatile  matters,       ...  41-9 

Carbon  in  coke, 47.5 

Ashes  (gray), 5 '5 

100-0 

Carbon  in  the  coal,  55-5 


HENSON  S    MINE. 

Thickness  of  the  bed,  seven  feet.  Overlaid  with  a  soft  fossiliferous 
sandstone.  Underlaid  with  fire  clay.  Coal  bright  and  dull,  in  the  alter- 
nate layers  ;  layers  thick,  arjd  separated  with  carbonaceous  clod  ;  hard  ; 
fracture  hackly.  Contains  vertical  seams  of  carbonate  of  lime,  very 
numerous  and  irregularly  distributed. 

Specific  gravity,  1-811 

Loss  in  coking,  43 '5 

Total  weight  of  coke,  56'5  =  lOO'O 

Analysis: — Moisture,  -  9-0 

Volatile  matters,  -  34'5 

Carbon  in  coke,         -  -  50'0 

Ashes,  ...  6-5 

100-0 

Carbon  in  the  coal,  58-8 


LAFFERTY  S   MINE. 

Thickness  of  bed,  six  feet.  Overlaid  with  blue  calcareous  clay  shale. 
Underlaid  with  fire  clay.  Coal  bright  on  a  fresh '  fracture,  but  weathers 
with  a  dull  surface  ;  fracture  hackly ;  hard  and  compact ;  layers  separated 
with  carbonized  coal  plants.  Contains  a  few  vertical  plates  of  carbonate 
of  lime. 

Specific  gravity,  T2S 

Loss  in  coking,  44-3 

Total  weight  of  coke,  55-7  =  100.0 

Analysis: — Moisture,  -  8'5 

Volatile  matters  -  -         35'8 

Carbon  in  coke,        -  -  48'7 

Ashes  (gray),  -  -  7'0 

100-0 

Carbon  in  the  coal,  51^7 


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CAROTHERS'    MINE. 

Thickness  of  the  bed,  six  feet  six  inches.  Overlaid  with  a  hard,  dark- 
colored  fossiliferous  clay  shale,  and  underlaid  with  one  foot  three  inches  of 
blue  clay.  Below  this  there  is  one  foot  four  inches  of  coal,  which  is 
underlaid  with  fire-clay.  Coal  rather  hard  and  compact ;  lustre  bright ; 
fracture  somewhat  conchoidal ;  layers  thin,  but  do  not  separate  easily,  with 
carbonized  coal  plants  between  them.  Contains  thick  vertical  plates  of 
carbonate  of  lime ;  and,  also,  an  abundance  of  bright  yellow  sulphuret  of 
iron,  disposed  both  horizontally  and  vertically. 

Specific  gravity,  1-213 

Loss  in  coking,  50'8 

Total  weight  of  coke,  49 '2  =  lOO'O 

Analysis : — Moisture,  -                                  8-5 

Volatile  matters,  -        42-3 

Carbon  in  coke,        -  -                                 46-2 

Ashes  (grayish  white),  -                                          3-0 

100-0 

Carbon  in  the  coal,  51'1 


GILBERTS     MINE. 

Thickness  of  the  bed,  six  feet  six  inches.  Overlaid  with  clay  shale ; 
underlaid  with  fire-clay.  Coal  rather  dull ;  brittle ;  fracture  tolerably 
even  ;  layers  alternately  thick  and  thin.  Contains  thick  vertical  seams  of 
carbonate  of  lime,  with  occasional  lumps  of  sulphuret  of  iron  in  them ; 
also,  a  great  number  of  thin  seams  of  the  last  named  mineral,  causing  a 
reticulated  appearance  on  one  of  the  horizontal  faces  of  the  coal. 

Specific  gravity,  1-213 

Loss  in  coking,  51'4 

Total  weight  of  coke,  48-6  =  lOO'O 

Analysis: — Moisture,  8*0 

Volatile  matters,  -        43.4 

Carbon  in  coke,        -  -  -  45-6 

Ashes,  -  -  -          3-0 

100-0 

Carbon  in  the  coal,  — — - 


BUTLER'S  MINE. 

Thickness  of  the  bed,  one  foot  two  inches.     Overlaid  with  one  foot  ten 
inches  of  black  slate,  which  is  capped  with  limestone,  (one  loot  of  clay 


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shale  intervening).  Underlaid  with  six  feet  of  fire  clay.  Coal  rather  dull ; 
hard ;  brittle  ;  fracture  hackly  ;  layers  thin,  with  partings  of  carbonaceous 
clod.  Contains  a  few  thin  vertical  streaks  of  carbonate  of  lime.  Cleavage 

O 

cubical.     Coke  good.     The  bed  is  too  thin  to  be  mined  profitably. 

Specific  gravity,  1-3943 

Loss  in  coking,  40'1 

Total  weight  of  coke,  59-9  =  lOO'O 

Analysis: — Moisture,  6'0 

Volatile  matters,  -        34' 1 

Carbon  in  coke,        -  47 '9 

Ashes  (white),  -         12-0 

100-0 

Carbon  in  the  coal,  65-7 


LEONARD'S  MINE. 

Thickness  of  the  bed,  six  feet.  Overlaid  with  three  feet  of  very  corn- 
pact  calcareous  shale.  Underlaid  with  five  feet  of  fire  clay.  Coal  bright ; 
rather  hard  ;  the  horizontal  arrangement  of  the  layers  hardly  perceptible  ; 
intersected  in  all  directions  by  thin  vertical  seams  of  carbonate  of  lime 
and  streaks  of  sulphuret  of  iron  ;  breaks  in  any  direction  rather  than 
horizontally.  Contains  thick  irregular  seams  of  sulphuret  of  iron,  and  also 
of  carbonized  coal  plants. 

Specific  gravity,  1-3127 

Loss  in  coking,  45 -57 

Total  weight  of  coke,  54-43  =-  100-00 

Analysis: — Moisture,  6 '40 

Volatile  matters,  39-17 

Carbon  in  coke,        -  48 '93 

Ashes  (white),  -  5'50 

100-00 

Carbon  in  the  coal,  53-0 


WILLIAMS     MINE. 


Thickness  of  the  bed,  six  feet  six  inches.  Overlaid  with  a  heavy  bed  of 
hard  clay  shale.  Underlaid  with  fire  clay.  Two  parcels  of  coal  were 
examined  from  this  mine.  Of  the  first,  coal  bright;  hard;  compact; 
fracture  tolerably  even  ;  layers  quite  thin,  but  not  easily  separated,  with  a 


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little  carbonaceous  clod  between  them.  Contains  thin  vertical  seams  of 
both  carbonate  of  lime  and  sulphuret  of  iron.  Cleavage  rhomboidal. 
This  coal  has  a  brilliant  horizontal  fracture.  Of  the  second,  coal  bright ; 
hard ;  fracture  somewhat  conchoidal ;  layers  thick,  and  not  easily  sepa- 
rated, with  a  small  amount  of  carbonaceous  clod  between  them.  Contains 
thick  vertical  plates  of  carbonate  of  lime,  and  also  many  thin  ones  of 
iridescent  sulphuret  of  iron. 


Specific  gravity,  1-2247 
Loss  in  coking,  49 '15 

Total  weight  of  coke,  50-85  : 

Analysis : — Moisture, 

Volatile  matters, 
Carbon  in  coke, 
Ashes, 

Carbon  in  the  coal,  50-58 


100-00 


2-80 
46-35 
45-85 

5-00 


100-00 


ALEXANDER'S  MINE. 

Thicknes  of  the  coal,  between  six  and  seven  feet.  Overlaid  with  yellow 
clay  and  gravel.  Underlaid  with  fire-clay.  Coal  hard ;  dull ;  compact ; 
fracture  even  ;  layers  alternately  thick  and  thin.  Contains  carbonate  of 
lime  and  sulphuret  of  iron  in  thin  vertical  seams. 

Specific  gravity,  1-2636 

Loss  in  coking,  43 '5 

Total  weight  of  coke,  56-5  =100*00 

Analysis  : — Moisture,  3'4 

Volatile  matters,  -              .  -                -        40 -1 

Carbon  in  coke,  -                -                                 40-5 

Aahes,  -                         *     -        16-0 


Carbon  in  the  coal,  50'98 


100-0 


RUSSELL  8    MINE. 

Thickness  of  the  coal,  six  feet  six  inches.  Overlaid  with  clay  shale ; 
underlaid  with  fire  clay.  Coal  dull  to  bright ;  moderately  hard ;  layers 
alternately  thick  and  thin,  and  separated  with  carbonaceous  clod.  Con- 
tains many  thin  plates  of  carbonate  of  lime,  and  a  few  seams  of  sulphuret 
of  iron,  both  disposed  vertically.  Spatters  in  coking. 


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Specific  gravity,  1-2148 

Loss  in  coking,  49 '0 

Total  weight  of  coke,  51-0  —  lOO'O 

Analysis: — Moisture,  -  5-6 

Volatile  matters,  -  -        43-4 

Carbon  in  coke,          ...  39-0 

Ashes  (gray),  -        12-0 

100-0 

Carbon  in  the  coal,  52.0 


"  CHICAGO    AND    DANVILLE    COAL    COMPANY. 

This  is  the  same  as  "  Payne's  mine,"  of  which  two  analyses  have 
already  been  given — one  from  the  outcrop,  and  one  from  coal  taken  from 
the  mines  at  a  point  sixty  feet  within  the  main  entry.  The  following  anal- 
ysis is  of  coal  taken  from  the  mine  400  feet  from  the  outcrop.  Thickness 
of  the  bed  between  six  and  seven  feet.  Coal  bright ;  hard ;  compact ; 
fracture  uneven  ;  layers  thin  and  separated  with  carbonaceous  clod.  Con- 
tains vertical  seams  of  carbonate  of  lime,  and  both  vertical  and  hor- 
izontal streaks  of  sulphuret  of  iron. 

Specific  gravity,  1-2377 

Loss  in  coking,  49 '04 

Total  weight  of  coke,  50-96  =  100-00 

Analysis  : — Moisture,  8-60 

Volatile  matters,  .  -        40-44 

Carbon  in  coke,        -  .  -  48  '96 

Ashes  (gray),  -  -  2 '00 

100-00 

Carbon  in  the  coal,  49.8 


INNIS    COOKS    MINE. 

Thickness  of  the  bed,  three  feet  six  inches.  Overlaid  with  twelve  feet 
of  dark  clay  shale.  Underlaid  with  clay.  Coal  dull ;  hard  ;  fracture 
uneven ;  layers  thick,  and  separated  with  carbonaceous  clod.  Contains 
thick  vertical  plates  of  carbonate  of  lime,  and  horizontal  ones  of  sulphuret 
of  iron.  Coke  good. 

Specific  gravity,  1-3376 

Loss  in  coking,  47  -3 

Total  weight  of  coke,  52'7  —  lOO'O 


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Analysis: — Moisture,                   -  9-8 

Volatile  matters,  -        37 '5 

Carbon  in  coke,        -  47 '7 

Ashes  (reddish  gray),      -  5'0 

100-0 

Carbon  in  the  coal,  51 '44 


ELI   THORNTON  8   MINE. 

The  thickness  of  this  bed  varies  from  three  to  four  feet.  Overlaid  with 
clay  shale.  Underlaid  with  fire  clay.  Coal  rather  slaty  ;  not  very  hard ; 
lustre  dull ;  fracture  uneven.  Contains  vertical  plates  of  carbonate  of  lime, 
and  horizontal  layers  of  sulphuret  of  iron.  The  coal  agglutinates  in 
coking. 

Specific  gravity,  1  '4027 

Loss  in  coking,  42 '27 

Total  weight  of  coke,  57 '73  —  lOO'O 

Analysis: — Moisture,  -  -  15'00 

Volatile  matters,  -        27  -27 

Carbon  in  coke,        -  •  55'73 

Ashes  (red),      -  -  -         2'00 

100-00 

Carbon  in  the  coke,  56-52 


T.   H.    BLACKMORE  S    MINE. 

Thickness  of  the  bed,  four  feet.  Overlaid  with  clay  shale.  Underlaid 
with  fire-clay.  Coal  bright  and  dull  in  the  alternate  layers ;  brittle ; 
fracture  uneven ;  layers  alternately  thick  and  thin,  with  thin  separations 
of  carbonaceous  clod.  Contains  carbonate  of  lime  and  sulphuret  of  iron 
in  thin  vertical  plates. 

Specific  gravity,  1-2901 

Loss  in  coking,  44-5 

Total  weight  of  coke,  55-5  =  lOO'O 

Analysis: — Moisture,  -  6'5 

Volatile  matters,  -        38 '0 

Carbon  in  coke,        -  47  '1 

Ashes  (redish  gray),      -  8'4 

100-0 

Carbon  in  the  coal,  53-6 


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MACDONOUGH   COUNTY. 

COLCHESTER   MINE. 

Thickness  of  the  bed,  two  feet.  Overlaid  with  shale.  Underlaid  with 
shale  and  sandstone.  Coal  hard  ;  compact ;  bright ;  layers  tolerably 
even  and  wavy.  A  first  rate  coal. 

Specific  gravity,  1-290 

Loss  in  coking,  41  '2 

Total  weight  of  coke,  58'8  —  lOO'O 

Analysis: — Moisture,  -  5 '4 

Volatile  matters,  35 '8 

Carbon  in  coke,        -  56 -8 

Ashes  (light  gray),          -  2'0 

100.0 

Carbon  in  the  coal,  60'10 


TAZEWELL  COUNTY. 

NEARLY    OPPOSITE    PEORIA. 

Thickness  of  the  bed  from  three  feet  six  inches  to  four  feet.  Overlaid 
with  shale.  Underlaid  with  clay.  Coal  rather  bright;  hard;  compact; 
fracture  even  ;  layers  thick  and  separated  with  carbonaceous  clod.  Con- 
tains a  very  few  thick  seams  of  carbonate  of  lime,  and  a  little  sulphuret 
of  iron  disposed  horizontally. 

Specific  gravity,  1-263 

Loss  in  coking,  43'4 

Total  weight  of  coke,  56'6  =  100-0 

Analysis : — Moisture,  ...  5-4 

Volatile  matters,  -        ,38'0 

Carbon  in  coke,        -  48'6 

Ashes  (gray),  8-0 

100-0 

Carbon  in  the  coal,  52'0 


MENARD   COUNTY. 

SALEM    HILL   MINE. 


Thickness  of  the  bed,  two  feet.  Coal  bright ;  brittle ;  separated  with 
thin  layers  of  carbonaceous  clod ;  fracture  somewhat  couchoidal.  Con- 
tains a  few  thin  vertical  plates  of  carbonate  of  lime. 


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Specific  gravity,  T26 

Loss  in  coking,  46 '0 

Total  weight  of  coke,  54-0  —  100.0 

Analysis: — Moisture,  9-5 

Volatile  matters,  -  -         36'5 

Carbon  in  coke,       -  51 '2 

Ashes  (dark  red),  -  2'8 

100-0 

Carbon  in  the  coal,  55 '55 


PEORIA  COUNTY. 

KICKAPOO    MINES.       (MOFFATT's.) 

Thickness  of  the  bed,  four  feet  to  four  feet  six  inches.  Overlaid  with 
shale.  Underlaid  with  clay.  Coal  moderately  bright ;  hard;  compact; 
fracture  uneven  ;  layers  tolerably  thick,  and  separated  with  carbonaceous 
clod.  Contains  many  thick  seams  of  sulphuret  of  iron  and  of  carbonate 
of  lime.  Coke  very  poor. 

Specific  gravity,  1-282 

Loss  in  coking,  47 '7 

Total  weight  of  coke,  52-3  =  lOO'O 

Analysis: — Moisture,  -  11 '5 

Volatile  matters,  36'2 

Carbon  in  coke,        -  46-3 

Ashes  (gray),  6-0 

100-0 

Carbon  in  the  coal,  53-2 

No  special  examination  has  been  made  of  the  Kingston  mines  by  any 
one  connected  with  the  State  Survey.  The  specific  gravity  of  the  coal  is 
1-216.  The  thickness  of  the  bed  is  from  four  feet  to  four  feet  ten  inches, 
No  analysis  of  that  coal  has  been  made  in  the  State  Laboratory.  Before 
the  next  report  is  made,  the  beds  at  Kingston,  as  well  as  two  other  beds  in 
Peoria  county  will  be  examined,  and  the  analyses  of  the  coals  furnished 
to  the  proper  department. 


KNOX  COUNTY. 
MCMURTRY'S  MINE. 


Thickness  of  the  bed,  five  feet.     "  Alluvial  covering  where  it  is  worked. 
True  roof  not  ascertained."     Coal  very  brittle  ;  bright  on  a  fresh  fracture. 


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but  soon  becoming  dull  when  exposed  to  the  weather,  especially  on  its 
vertical  face.  Contains  thick  vertical  seams  of  carbonate  of  lime,  with 
sulphuret  of  iron  disposed  both  horizontally  and  vertically. 

"  EIGHT   INCH    PART    OF   THE   SEAM." 

Coal  tolerably  hard  ;  fracture  uneven  ;  splits  easily  into  thin  layers,  in 
consequence  of  very  minute  seams  of  carbonized  coal  plants  being  inter- 
posed between  them  ;  lustre  rather  dull.  Contains  carbonate  of  lime  in 
vertical  plates,  and  sulphuret  of  iron  in  horizontal  layers. 

"  MIDDLE   PART    OF   THE    BED." 

Coal  of  a  bright  metallic  lustre,  somewhat  resembling  graphite  ;  hori- 
zontal arrangement  very  irregular  ;  presents  nowhere  a  regular  surface  or 
face ;  brittle ;  layers  rather  thick.  Hardly  any  foreign  matters  visible, 
except  a  few  thin  seams  of  carbonate  of  lime. 

Specific  gravity,  1-216 

Loss  in  coking,  50'5 

Total  weight  of  coke,  49-5  =  TOO'O 

Analysis: — Moisture,  -  -  11-0 

Volatile  gases,  -  -        39 '5 

Carbon  in  coke,       -  -  -  45 '5 

Ashes  (nearly  black),        -  -4-0 

100-0 

Carbon  in  the  coal,  55'5 


LOOMIS'  MINE.     (TTATAGA.) 

Thickness  of  the  bed,  from  four  feet  to  four  feet  six  inches.  This  coal 
is  overlaid  with  from  three  to  eight  inches  of  cannel  coal,  separated  with 
an  inch  of  pyritous  shale.  Roof  of  the  mine,  black  slate  ;  floor,  fire-clay. 

BITUMINOUS    COAL. 

Coal  hard  ;  bright ;  fracture  hackly  ;  layers  thin,  and  separated  with 
carbonized  coal  plants.  Contains  thin  vertical  plates  of  carbonate  of  lime, 
and  a  small  amount  of  sulphuret  of  iron  in  the  horizontal  partings. 

Specific  gravity,  1-286 

Loss  in  coking,  44'4 

Total  weight  of  coke,  55-6  =  lOO'O 


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Analysis: — Moisture,  11*0 

Volatile  matters,  -                -        33'4 

Carbon  in  coke,       -  51.1 

Ashes  (pink),  4'5 

100-0 

Carbon  in  the  coal,  54' 1 


LOOMIS    CANNEL  COAL. 

Coal  dull ;  hard  ;  compact ;  fracture  tolerably  even.     Contains  a  few 
thick  vertical  plates  of  carbonate  of  lime.     Coke  good. 

Specific  gravity,  1-33 

Loss  in  coking,  42 -4 

Total  weight  of  coke,  57 '6  =  lOO'O 

Analysis: — Moisture,  -  -  6-5 

Volatile  matters,  -        35'9 

Carbon  in  coke,       -  33 '6 

Ashes  (gray),  -        24  gO 

100-0 

Carbon  in  the  coal,  42'6 


WARREN  COUNTY. 

SMITH'S  MINE. 

Thickness  of  the  bed,  three  feet.  Overlaid  with  two  feet  six  inches  of 
black  slate.  Underlaid  with  one  foot  of  black  slate,  resting  on  sandstone. 
Coal  rather  bright ;  hard  ;  fracture  tolerably  even  ;  layers  thin,  slightly 
undulating,  and  separated  with  many  carbonized  coal  plants.  Contains 
vertical  and  horizontal  seams  of  sulphuret  of  iron.  Near  the  outcrop  the 
sulphuret  has  been  converted  into  oxide  of  iron.  Coke  good. 

Specific  gravity,  1'24 

Loss  in  coking,  43 "1 

Total  weight  of  coke,  56-9  =  100-0 

Analysis: — Moisture,  .  .  6'1 

Volatile  matters,  -        37 '0 

Carbon  in  coke,       ...  51-7 

Ashes  (red),     -  -  -  -  5'2 

100-0 

Carbon  in  the  coal,  54'55 


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TUCKER'S  MINE. 

Thickness  of  the  bed,  two  feet  two  inches.  Overlaid  with  five  feet  six 
inches  of  shale,  which  is  capped  witht  three  feet  of  black  slate.  Underlaid 
with  clay.  Coal  dull,  with  a  few  bright  layers ;  hard  ;  fracture  hackly  ; 
layers  thick  and  separated  with  carbonaceous  clod.  Contains  a  few  thick 
vertical  seams  of  carbonate  of  lirne.  Also,  vertical  and  horizontal  seams 
of  sulphuret  of  iron. 

Specific  gravity,  1-227 

Loss  in  coking,  44 '8 

Total  weight  of  coke,  65-2  =  lOO'O 

Analysis: — Moisture,  8'0 

Volatile  matters,  -        36-8 

Carbon  in  coke,        ...  51-0 

Ashes  (red),     -  -  4-2 

100-0 

Carbon  in  the  coal,  57 '0 


BUREAU    COUNTY. 

SHEFFIELD    COMPANtf's   MINE. 

This  bed  varies  from  four  to  five  feet  in  thickness.  Underlaid  with 
indurated  clay  containing  nodules  of  limestone.  Overlaid  with  a  few 
inches  of  black  slate,  which  is  capped  with  indurated  clay.  Coal  bright ; 
hard ;  compact ;  fracture  inclining  to  conchoidal ;  layers  thin  and  sepa- 
rated with  very  minute  seams  of  carbonaceous  clod.  Contains  a  few  thin 
vertical  seams  of  carbonate  of  lime.  Slacks  on  exposure  to  the  weather. 

Specific  gravity,  1-1986 

Loss  hi  coking,  47  '5 

Total  weight  of  coke,  52-5  — 100-0 

Analysis: — Moisture,  -  7-0 

Volatile  matters,  -        40-5 

Carbon  in  coke,        -  47 '5 

Ashes  (white),  -  5-0 

100-0 

Carbon  in  the  coal,  53-4 


TISKILWA    MINES. 

"  Coal  Valley^ 

This  bed  is  of  the  same  age  as  the  middle  workable  seam  of  La  Salle 
county  ;  and  like  that  bed  is  frequently  interrupted  with  clay  "  slips." 


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The  portion  of  the  bed  examined  is  on  L.  D.  Whiting's  place.  Coal  very 
bright ;  hard ;  compact ;  layers  generally  thick,  and  separated  with 
carbonaceous  clod,  sometimes  nearly  indistinct ;  fracture  conchoidal.  Con- 
tains a  very  few  thin  seams  of  carbonate  of  lime,  with  occasional  thin 
scales  of  sulphuret  of  iron.  Swells  but  little  in  coking. 

Specific  gravity,  1-363 

Loss  in  coking,  43 '0 

Total  weight  of  coke,  57 '0  =  lOO'O 

Analysis: — Moisture,  7.5 

Volatile  matters,  -        35 '5 

Carbon  in  coke,        -  48-9 

Ashes  (white),  -  -  81 

100-0 

Carbon  in  the  coal,  57 '0 


ROCK  ISLAND  COUNTY. 

CUTLER,    EDWARDS    &    COMPANY'S    "  CANNEL    COAL." 

Thickness  of  the  bed,  six  feet  six  inches,  with  six  inches  of  black  slate 
in  the  seam.  Overlaid  with  indurated  clay  and  drift.  Underlaid  with 
fire  clay.  This  is  rather  a  highly  bituminous  shale  than  a  coal.  It  burns 
with  a  free,  bright  flame,  and  is  so  highly  inflammable  that,  at  the  outcrop, 
which  is  covered  with  grass,  it  has,  at  some  previous  period,  become 
ignited  from  the  annual  prairie  burnings,  the  effects  of  which  are  to  be 
seen  for  a  distance  of  more  than  a  rod  from  the  opening.  Shale  dull ; 
grayish  ;  hard  and  tough  ;  splits  into  thin  laminre,  in  consequence  of  thin 
layers  of  coal  plants  intervening.  In  the  tracing  of  this  bed  it  is  highly 
probable  that  it  may  be  found  to  graduate  into  a  bed  of  bituminous  coal. 
This  shale  is  suitable  for  the  manufacture  of  all  the  oils  and  solid  matters 
at  present  derived  from  real  cannel  coal.  For  other  purposes  it  is,  in  my 
opinion,  entirely  useless. 

Specific  gravity,  1-441 

Loss  in  coking,  31 '3 

Total  weight  of  coke,  C8'7  =•(  100-0 

Analysis : — Moisture, 

Volatile  matters, 
Carbon  in  coke, 
Ashes  (light  red), 

Carbon  in  the  shale,  48-9 


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CARBON    CLIFF    MINE.       (LOWRr,    THOMAS    &    CO.) 

Thickness  of  the  bed,  three  feet  eight  inches,  to  five  feet  three  inches. 
Overlaid  with  black  shale,  which  is  capped  with  sandstone.  Underlaid 
with  fire  clay.  Troubled  occasionally  with  "  horse-backs."  Coal  bright ; 
hard  ;  compact ;  fracture  uneven ;  layers  rather  thick,  with  a  little  car- 
bonaceous clod  between  them.  Contains  irregular  vertical  seams  of 
carbonate  of  lime,  and  a  few  vertical  streaks  of  sulphuret  of  iron.  Coke 
good. 

Specific  gravity,  1  -2,4:1 

Loss  in  coking,  43 '7 

Total  weight  of  coke,  56'3  —  lOO'O 
Analysis : — Moisture,  7  -Q 

Volatile  matters,  -  36 '7 

Carbon  in  coke,        -  -  52-8 

Ashes  (white],     -  3-5 

100-0 

Carbon  in  the  coal,  55 '3 


CORCORAN'S  MINE. 

At  John  H.  Ely's  opening,  the  bed  of  coal  is  from  three  feet  six  inches 
to  four  feet  in  thickness.  Overlaid  with  black  slate.  Underlaid  with  fire- 
clay. Coal  bright ;  brittle  ;  fracture,  uneven  ;  layers  thick,  with  partings 
of  carbonaceous  clod.  Contains  vertical  seams  of  sulphuret  of  iron,  with 
a  little  carbonate  of  lime  in  the  same  seams. 

Specific  gravity,  T2656 

Loss  in  coking,  47  '2 

Total  weight  of  coke,  52-8  =  lOO'O 

Analysis : — Moisture,  S'O 

Volatile  matters,  -        39 '2 

Carbon  in  coke,        -  50'3 

Ashes  (black),  -  -  2-5 

100-0 

iCarbon  in  the  coal,  57  "7 


HENRY  COUNTY. 

BOBBINS,    LAWSON    &    COMPANY'S    MINE. 

Bituminous  Coal. 

Thickness  of  the  bed,  four  feet.     Overlaid  with  black  slate.     Underlaid 
with  fire-clay.     Of  two  specimens  examined,  the  coal  of  the  first  is  brittle; 


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dull ;  layers  tolerably  thick ;  fracture  very  uneven.  Contains  vertical 
plates  of  carbonate  of  lime,  accompanied  with  a  small  quantity  of  sul- 
phuret  of  iron.  Of  the  second,  the  coal  is  bright ;  hard  ;  compact ;  layers 
thick,  and  separated  with  carbonized  coal  plants.  Contains  thick  plates 
of  carbonate  of  lime,  some  of  which  are  vertical,  and  others  inclined  at 
an  angle  of  about  50°.  This  is  the  same  as  Serrell's  bed.  Coke  good. 

Specific  gravity,  1-224 

Loss  in  coking,  49*7 

Total  weight  of  coke,  50'3  =  lOO'O 

Analysis: — Moisture,  -  12 '5 

Volatile  matters,  -  37  '2 

Carbon  in  coke,       -  -  -  47'1 

Ashes  (blackish  gray),     -  3.2 

100-0 

Carbon  in  the  coal,  53'0 


ALDRICH  S   MINE. 

Thickness  of  the  bed,  from  three  feet  six  inches,  to  four  feet  eight  inches. 
Overlaid  with  a  few  inches  of  shale,  which  is  capped  with  a  hard,  blue, 
shelly  limestone.  Underlaid  with  fire-clay.  Coal  bright ;  hard  ;  fracture 
even  ;  layers  thin,  with  much  carbonaceous  clod  between  them.  Contains 
vertical  seams  of  carbonate  of  lime. 

Specific  gravity,  1-261 
Loss  in  coking,  43.1 

Total  weight  of  coke,  56'9  =  lOO'O 

Analysis: — Moisture,  -  6'0 

Volatile  matters,  -  37 -1 

Carbon  in  coke,       ...  4.9-9 

Ashes  (brown),  -  7'0 

100-0 

Carbon  in  the  coal,  64'1 


SERKELL'S  MINE.     (KEWANEE.) 

Thickness  of  the  bituminous  portion  of  the  bed,  four  feet.  Overlaid 
with  cannel  coal.  Underlaid  with  fire-clay.  Coal  bright  and  dull  in 
alternating  layers ;  hard  ;  compact ;  fracture  tolerably  even.  Contains 
thick  seams  of  carbonate  of  lime,  which  cross  each  other  at  nearly  right 
angles,  causing  the  coal  to  break  into  slightly  irregular  cubes.  Has  sul- 
phuret  of  iron  disposed  both  horizontieally  and  vertically.  The  layers  of 
coal  are  thick,  and  separated  with  carbonaceous  clod.  Coke  very  bright 
and  good,  but  swells  in  coking. 


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Specific  gravity,  1  -232 

Loss  in  coking,  42-2 

Total  weight  of  coke,  57 "8  =  100-0 

Analysis: — Moisture,  -  9'0 

Volatile  matters,  -         33 '2 

Carbon  in  coke,        -  52-8 

Ashes  (gray),  -  5'0 

100-0 

Carbon  in  the  coal,  58 '2 


SERRELL'S    CANNEL   COAL. 


Thickness  of  the  bed,  from  eight  inches  to  one  foot.  Overlaid  with 
black  slate.  Underlaid  with  four  feet  of  bituminous  coal.  No  analysis  of 
this  coal  has  yet  been  made  ;  but,  judging  from  its  texture  and  general 
appearance,  it  does  not  differ  much  from  Ihe  Wataga  cannel  coal.  The 
coal  is  dull ;  hard ;  compact ;  fracture  slightly  conchoidal ;  layers  thick. 
Contains  bright  yellow  vertical  plates  of  sulphuret  of  iron. 


ALLEN'S  MINE.     (GENESEO.) 

Thickness  of  the  bed  at  the  outcrop,  one  foot  six  inches.  Underlaid  with 
fire-clay.  The  roof  could  not  be  ascertained.  Coal  bright ;  iridescent  on 
its  horizontal  faces ;  hard  ;  fracture  even.  Contains  a  few  thin  vertical 
seams  of  carbonate  of  lime.  Cleavage  rhombohedral. 

Specific  gravity,  1-321 

Loss  in  coking,  41-24 

Total  weight  of  coke,  58'76  =  lOO'OO 

Analysis : — Moisture,  -  -  6'50 

Volatile  matters,  -        34-74 

Carbon  in  coke,        -  52 -7  6 

Ashes  (brown),  -  -  -  6-00 

100-00 

Carbon  in  the  coal,  55*3 


MERCER  COUNTY. 

THORNTON    &    PARK'S    MINE. 


Thickness  of  the  bed,  four  feet.    Overlaid  with  "blue  limestone."    Floor 
not  ascertained.     Coal   tolerably  hard  ;  bright ;  brittle ;  fracture  nearly 


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even ;  layers  thin,  and  separated  with  carbonized  coal  plants.     Contains 
vertical  plates  of  both  carbonate  of  lime  and  sulphuret  of  iron. 

Specific  gravity,  1-244 

Loss  in  coking,  45'8 

Total  weight  of  coke,  54-2  —  100.0 

Analysis: — Moisture,  -  7 '7 

Volatile  matters,  -        38'1 

Carbon  in  coke,       -  49-7 

Ashes  (white),  4'5 

100-0 

Carbon  in  the  coal,  53 -2 


LA  SALLE  COUNTY. 

OTTAWA    BED. 

Mr.  N.  Perley  "strips"  this  bed  of  coal  on  Cushman's  place,  one  mile 
above  Ottawa.  It  is  the  same  as  the  "lower  bed"  worked  east  of  La 
Salle  ;  and  is,  really,  the  lowest  bed  in  the  State  of  Illinois,  or  in  any  of 
the  Western  States  in  the  same  latitude.  Overlaid  with  clay.  Underlaid 
with  clay  resting  on  the  older  sandstone  (Lower  Silurian).  Coal  bright ; 
brittle ;  fracture  hackly ;  layers  thick,  and  separated  with  carbonaceous 
clod ;  intersected  with  numerous  vertical  seams  of  carbonate  of  lime, 
with  thin  streaks  of  sulphuret  of  iron  running  in  all  directions.  Coke 
good,  but  agglutinates  in  coking. 

Specific  gravity,  1-2672 

Loss  in  coking,  43-7 

Total  weight  of  coke,  56'3  —  100-0 

Analysis : — Moisture,  7  -8 

Volatile  matters,  -  .  -  -         35-9 

Carbon  in  coke,        -  52*3 

Ashes  (white),  .  -          4-0 

100-0 

Carbon  in  the  coal,  54 -6 


WARD'S  MINE.     (MARSEILLES.) 

Thickness  of  the  bed,  from  three  feet  six  inches,  to  four  feet.  This 
seam  is  very  unequal  in  quality.  A  portion  of  the  bed  will  rank  with  the 
best  coals  in  the  State,  while  other  benches  will  be  among  the  lowest. 


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Coal  dull;  friable;  fracture  uneven ;  layers  thick,  with  much  cardonaceous 
clod  between  them.  Contains  thick  vertical  plates  of  carbonate  of  lime, 
as  well  as  thick  horizontal  seams  of  sulphuret  of  iron. 

Specific  gravity,  1-3144 
Loss  in  coking,  45' 6 

Total  weight  of  coke,  54'4  —  100 

Analysis: — Moisture,  5-0 

Volatile  matters,  -  40'6 

Carbon  in  coke,       ...  33-4 

Ashes  (white),  -  -  21 -0 

100-0 

Carbon  in  the  coal,  47-0 


I.  R.  HITT  8    VERMILION   MIKE. 

Thickness  of  the  bed,  three  feet  six  inches.  Overlaid  with  shales. 
Underlaid  with  clay  resting  on  shaly  sandstone.  Coal  dull ;  rather  hard ; 
compact;  layers  thick,  and  separated  with  carbonaceous  clod.  Contains 
a  great  many  thin  seams  of  carbonate  of  lime,  with  sulphuret  of  iron 
very  sparingly  disseminated. 

Specific  gravity,  T2989 

Loss  in  coking,  4t>-9 

Total  weight  of  coke,  531  =  lOO'O 

Analysis: — Moisture,  -  4-5 

Volatile  matters,  -  -  42  -4 

Carbon  in  coke,        -  -  40'3 

Ashes  (white),  ...        12-8 

100-0 

Carbon  in  the  coal,  47 '5 


KIRKPATRICKS    MINE. 

Thickness  of  the  bed,  eight  feet.  Coal  bright;  compact;  hard  ;  layers 
rather  thin;  fracture  nearly  even;  a  small  quantity  of  carbonaceous  clod 
between  the  layers.  Contains  a  few  vertical  plates  of  carbonate  of  lime> 
and  some  sulphuret  of  iron. 

Specific  gravity,  1-202 

Loss  in  coking,  48-2 

Total  weight  of  coke,  51'8  =  lOO'O 


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Analysis: — Moisture,                   .  7'0 

Volatile  matters,  -                        41-2 

Carbon  in  coke,        -  49 '3 

Ashes  (gray),                    -  2.5 

100-0 

Carbon  in  the  coal,  54'6 


IRELAND  S   MINE. 

Thickness  of  the  bed,  from  two  feet  eight  inches,  to  three  feet  six  inches. 
Overlaid  with  twelve  feet  of  blue  shale.  Underlaid  with  clay  resting  on 
the  lower  sandstone.  This  was  the  first  coal  mined  in  La  Salle  county. 
Coal  dull  on  the  face;  bright  and  iridescent  in  the  horizontal  layers,  which 
are  thin  ;  fracture  irregular.  Contains  thin  vertical  seams  of  carbonate  of 

'  O 

lime  running  in  every  direction,  with  a  few  very  thin  seams  of  sulphuret 
of  iron. 

Specific  gravity,  1-237 
Loss  in  coking,  46'7 

Total  weight  of  coke,  53-3  =  lOO'O 

Analysis: — Moisture,  -  6 -8 

Volatile  matters,  39-9 

Carbon  in  coke,       •  50'3 

Ashes  (gray),  .  3'0 

100-0 

Carbon  in  the  coal,  55 -1 


SEELY'S  MINE.     (NEAR  LOWELL.) 

Average  thickness  of  the  bed,  three  feet  six  inches.  It  is  undulating. 
Coal  rather  dull ;  hard  ;  compact ;  fracture  even ;  layers  thin,  and  slightly 
waving.  Contains  thin  vertical  seams  of  carbonate  of  lime,  and  some  of 
sulphuret  of  iron,  with  thick  horizontal  deposits  of  the  last  named  mineral. 
The  coke  is  good. 

Specific  gravity,  1-2234 
Loss  in  coking,  42'6 

Total  weight  of  coke,  5Y-4  =  lOO'O 

Analysis: — Moisture,  -  8'0 

Volatile  matters,  -         34-6 

Carbon  in  coke,        -  41-4 

Ashes  (brick  red),  -        ifi-Q 

100-0 

Carbon  in  the  coal,  53-0 


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KIRKPARICK'S  CANNEL  COAL. 
(Lower  Bed?) 

Thickness  of  the  bed,  from  six  to  nine  inches.  This  coal  is  exposed  in 
the  bfd  of  the  "  Big  Vermilion  of  the  Illinois  river,"  for  the  distance  of 
two  miles.  Overlaid  with  five  feet  of  sandy  shale.  Underlaid  with 
argillaceous  sandy  shale.  Coal  dull ;  hard ;  compact ;  fracture  even, 
inclining  to  conchoidal ;  layers  rather  thin  for  a  cannel  coal.  This  is  the 
best  cannel  coal  I  have  met  with  in  Illinois.  The  bed  is  too  thin  to  work 
profitably.  It  is  the  only  cannel  coal  we  have,  that  approaches,  in  exter- 
nal appearance,  to  the  celebrated  "Breckinridge  coal"  of  Kentucky.  In 
hand  specimens  no  one  could  tell  the  difference.  Coke  good. 

Specific  gravity,  1'434 

Loss  in  coking,  39 '6 

Total  weight  of  coke,  60'4  —  lOO'O 

Analysis : — Moisture,  .  3'0 

Volatile  matters,  -  -        36.6 

Carbon  in  coke,        -  30'4 

Ashes  (gray),  -        30 -0 

100-0  . 


In  order  that  the  difference  between  this  coal  and  the  Kentucky  cannel 
coal  may  be  seen  at  a  glance,  I  subjoin  an  analysis  of  the  "  Breckenridge 
coal,"  made  in  the  State  Laboratory. 

Specific  gravity,  T1766 

Loss  in  coking,  64'6 

Total  weight  of  coke,  35'4  =  lOO'O 

Analysis : — Moisture,  1  •? 

Volatile  matters,  -        62'9 

Carbon  in  coke,        -  27 -9 

Ashes  (gray),  -  7  "5 

100-0 

Carbon  in  the  coal,  35'0 


As  the  use  of  cannel  coal  is  attracting  much  attention  at  present,  I  give, 
below,  an  analysis  of  the  Virginia  cannel  coal  from  the  Kanawha,  made, 
also,  in  the  Illinois  State  Laboratory.  Coke  good. 


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Specific  gravity,  1-2592 

Loss  in  coking,  45 '7 8 

Total  weight  of  coke,  64-22  =  100-00 

Analysis : — Moisture,  •  '70 

Volatile  matters,  :  -         45 '08 

Carbon  in  coke,        -  47 -92 

Ashes  (white),  -  -  6 '30 

100-00 

Carbon  in  the  coal.  59'09 


EAGLE    CREEK    MINE. 

Thickness  of  the  bed,  five  feet.  This  is  one  of  the  best  coals  for  black- 
smith purposes  that  I  have  met  with  in  the  State.  All  the  coal  taken 
from  the  bed  at  that  locality,  so  far  as  I  know,  has  been  quarried  from 
the  bed  of  the  creek.  Coal  hard ;  brittle ;  lustre  from  dull  to  bright ; 
fracture  hackly ;  layers  rather  thick,  and  separated  with  carbonized  coal 
plants,  among  which  is  disseminated  a  few  patches  of  sulphuret  of  iron. 
Contains  a  few  short  vertical  plates  of  carbonate  of  lime,  none  of  them 
exceeding  an  inch  in  length. 

Specific  gravity,  T2265 

Loss  in  coking  46'7 

Total  weight  of  coke,  53'3  =  lOO'O 

Analysis : — Moisture,  7  '5 

Volatile  matters,  -         39-2 

Carbon  in  coke,        -  45-8 

Ashes  (dark  red),  7'5 

100-0 

Carbon  in  the  coal,    57  '7 


"BUFFALO  ROCK      MINE. 

This  bed  of  coal  is  worked  by  the  three  brothers  Mitchell.  It  is 
"  stripped,"  not  mined.  The  coal  rests  directly  on  the  lower  sandstone. 
The  bed  varies  in  thickness  from  one  foot  six  inches,  to  two  feet  ten  inches. 
Overlaid  with  indurated  clay.  Underlaid  with  sandstone,  with  a  very 
thin  clay  parting. 


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Specific  gravity,  1-289 

Loss  in  coking,  45  -0 

Total  weight  of  coke,  55-0  =  lOO'O 

Analysis : — Moisture,  -  6-2 

Volatile  matters,  ...        33-8 

Carbon  in  coke,     '  -  <•  -  50 '5 

Ashes  (pale  red),  -          4-5 

100-0 

Carbon  in  the  coal,  54'8 


BIG   VERMILION.       (REYNOLDS'    MINE.)* 

Thickness  of  the  bed,  four  feet.  This  is  the  same  bed  as  the  one  worked 
at  " Hitt's  Vermilion  mine ;"  and  the  external  characters  of  the  coal  about 
the  same.  Swells  much  in  coking. 

Specific  gravity,  1.242 

Loss  in  coking,  51 '4 

Total  weight  of  coke,  48.6  =  lOO'O 

Analysis: — Moisture,  .  -  -  12'0 

Volatile  matters,  -  -  -        39-4 

Carbon  in  coke,        •  -  -  47  •! 

Ashes,  -  -  -  1-5 

100-0  ' 

Carbon  in  the  coal,  54r8 


EGLESTON  S    CANNEL    COAL. 

Thickness  of  the  bed,  from  one  foot  to  one  foot  three  inches.  Overlies 
the  middle  workable  seam  of  La  Salle  county.  Below  the  cannel  coal, 
and  separated  with  a  very  thin  seam  of  shale  and  sulphuret  of  iron,  is 
from  five  feet  to  five  feet  six  inches  of  bituminous  coal.  Coal  dull ;  hard ; 
compact ;  fracture  conchoidal ;  no  lines  of  deposit  visible.  Contains  a  few 
vertical  plates  of  sulphuret  of  iron.  The  coke  is  excellent ;  its  shape  is 
not  at  all  altered  in  coking. 

Specific  gravity,  1-41 

Loss  in  coking,  44'5 

Total  weight  of  coke,  55-5  =  lOO'O 

*NoiE.— This  is  one  of  the  best  coals  in  La  Salle  county,  so  far  as  the  lower  bed  is  concerned. 


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Analysis : — Moisture,  6-0 

Volatile  matters,  -        38-5 

Carbon  in  coke,        -  N                       41 '5 

Ashes,             '-                -  -                -        14-0 

100-0 

Carbon  in  the  coal,  44'4 


FIELD    <fe    BOUNDS     MINE. 

Thickness  of  the  bed,  from  two  feet  three  inches,  to  three  feet  eight 
inches.  This  is  the  lowest  La  Salle  county  bed.  Coal  very  bright ;  hard ; 
rather  brittle ;  fracture  even ;  layers  thin,  and  separated  with  carbonaceous 
clod.  Contains  a  few  thin  vertical  streaks  of  carbonate  of  lime,  and  some 
minute  specks  of  sulphuret  of  iron  disposed  horizontally.  Cleavage 
rhomboidal. 

Specific  gravity,  1-222 

Loss  in  coking,  48'1 

Total  weight  of  coke,  51-9  =  100-0 

Analysis: — Moisture,  •  6-7 

Volatile  matters,  -        41 '4 

Carbon  in  coke,        -  46-7 

Ashes  (red),    -  5-2 

100-0 

Carbon  in  the  coal,  53-4 


KIRKPATRICK'S  CANNEL  COAL. 
(Upper  Bed.) 

Thickness  of  the  bed,  from  one  foot  six  inches,  to  three  feet  four  inches, 
Coal  slaty;  dull;  hard;  fracture  rather  even ;  layers  thin,  and  separated 
with  a  little  earthy  matter  stained  with  oxide  of  iron.  Coke  good  ;  re- 
sembles Egleston's. 

Specific  gravity,  1-266 

Loss  in  coking,  45-2 

Total  weight  of  coke,  54-8  =  100.0 

Analysis : — Moisture, 

Volatile  matters, 
Carbon  in  coke, 
Ashes  (blackish  gray), 

100-0 

Carbon  in  the  coal,  48'0 
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EGLESTON's    MINE. 

Thickness  of  the  bed,  two  feet  three  inches.  This  is  the  lower  La  Salle 
county  bed,  and  is  worked  near  the  outcrop,  in  the  bluffs  of  "  Little  Ver- 
milion" river.  Coal  rather  dull ;  hard  ;  compact ;  fracture  even ;  layers 
thick.  Contains  thin  vertical  seams  of  carbonate  of  lime.  Cleavage 
cubical. 

Specific  gravity,  1-21 

Loss  in  coking.  48 -25 

Total  weight  of  coke,  41-75  =  lOO'OO 

Analysis: — Moisture,  -  5-50 

Volatile  matters,  -        42-75 

Carbon  in  coke,        -  48-45 

Ashes  (gray),  3-30 

100-00 

Carbon  in  the  coal,  52'63 


HARTSHORNE'S   MINE. 

Thickness  of  the  bed,  two  feet  seven  inches.  Overlaid  with  sixteen  feet 
of  indurated  clay.  Underlaid  with  five  feet  of  fire-clay,  which  separates 
it  from  the  lower  sandstone.  Coal  bright  and  dull  in  the  alternating 
layers ;  hard  ;  somewhat  brittle  ;  fracture  nearly  even  ;  layers  thin,  with 
partings  of  carbonaceous  clod.  Contains  a  few  thin  vertical  seams  of 
sulphuret  of  iron.  Coke  good. 

Specific  gravity,  1-2748 

Loss  in  coking,  42'3 

Total  weight  of  coke,  57 -5  =  100-0 

Analysis : — Moisture,  4-9 

Volatile  matters,  -        37 '6 

Carbon  in  coke,        -  49'7 

Ashes  (brown),  •  '  -  7 '8 

lOO'O 

Carbon  in  the  coal,  54-16 


"LA    SALLE    COAL   MINING    COMPANY'S  "   MINE. 

Thickness  of  the  bed,  four  feet  six  inches.  Overlaid  with  black  slate. 
Underlaid  with  six  feet  of  fire-clay.  The  following  analysis  was  made  of 
coal  taken  from  the  outcrop,  in  "  Swanson  ravine."  This  bed  is  the  upper 
one,  considered  workable,  in  La  Salle  county.  \ 


51 

Specific  gravity,  1-26 

Loss  iu  coking,  52-51 

Total  weight  of  coke,  47 '49  =  lOO'OO 

Analysis : — Moisture,  lO'OO 

Volatile  matters,  -        42-51 

Carbon  in  coke,  40 '49 

Ashes  (brown),  7'00 

100-00 

Carbon  in  the  coal,  47  '44 


The  analysis  given  below  is  from  the  coal  in  the  shaft  sunk  by  that 
company.  It  is  under  cover,  and  is  about  equal  to  the  specimens  of 
"  upper  bed  "  coal  in  the  shaft  near  the  railroad  bridge  at  La  Salle,  and 
the  shaft  at  Peru.  Coal  very  bright ;  rather  hard  ;  brittle  ;  layers  thin, 
and  separated  with  very  thin  seams  of  carbonaceous  clod.  Contains 
vertical  plates  of  carbonate  of  lime,  with  a  few  specks  of  sulphuret  of  iron. 
Coke  good. 


Specific  gravity,  1-2515 

Loss  in  coking,  42'93 

Total  weight  of  coke,  57 '07  =  100-00 

Analysis : — Moisture,  -  6'50 

Volatile  matters,  -        36-43 

Carbon  in  coke,        -  50'07 

Ashes  (purplish),  -  7'00 

100.00 

Carbon  in  the  coal,  54'39 


HENRY   D.    GORBETS    MINE. 

This  is  the  same  bed  as  the  one  worked  at  Ottawa,  and  as  the  lower  bed 
worked  at  La  Salle.  Thickness  of  the  bed,  from  one  foot  three  inches  to 
two  feet  four  inches.  It  is  worked  by  "  stripping."  Overlaid  with  hard 
blue  shales.  Underlaid  with  indurated  clay,  full  of  vegetable  impressions. 
Coal  dull;  hard;  compact;  layers  thick;  fracture  nearly  even.  Contains 
a  few  thin  seams  of  carbonate  of  lime,  with  thin  vertical  partings  of  sul- 
phuret of  iron. 

Specific  gravity,  1-2517 

Loss  in  coking,  45'18 

Total  weight  of  coke,  54-82  =  100-00 


52 


Analysis : — Moisture, 

Volatile  matters, 
Carbon  in  coke, 
Ashes  (red),     - 

Carbon  in  the  coal,  55 '56 


PERU. 

The  following  analysis  has  nothing  to  do  with  the  workable  coal  beds 
underlaying  that  city.  My  attention  was  called  to  the  coal  noticed  below 
by  Dixwell  Lathrop,  Esq.,  the  originator  of  all  coal-mining  operations  in 
La  Salle  county.  It  is  only  noticeable  on  account  of  its  occurring  in  thin 
lenticular  sheets  in  the  upper  shales,  and  on  account  of  its  extraordinary 
crystalline  form.  Coal  dull;  soft ;  brittle  ;  layers  none  ;  structure  columnar, 
with  thin  partings  of  lime  between  the  columns.  This  is  the  most 
curious  disposition  of  carbonaceous  matter  I  have  ever  met  with.  It  is 
of  no  economical  value. 

Specific  gravity,  1-539 

Loss  in  coking,  28-68 

Total  weight  of  coke,  71-32  =  100-00 

Analysis: — Moisture,  -  -  -  6 '00 

Volatile  matters,  -  -        22-68 

Carbon  in  coke,        -  40-32 

Ashes  (brown),  -        81 '00 

100-0 

Carbon  in  the  coal,  45-06 


GRUNDY    COUNTY. 

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WATSON'S  MINE. 

Thickness  of  the  bed  five  feet,  only  four  feet  of  which  is  worked,  one 
foot  of  coal  being  left  for  a  roof.  Underlaid  with  clay.  Coal  bright ; 
hard ;  compact ;  fracture  conchoidal ;  layers  thin,  with  impressions  of 
coal  plants  between  them.  One  bench  of  this  bed  makes  good  coke. 
Contains  a  few  thin  horizontal  seams  of  sulphuret  of  iron. 

Specific  gravity,  1-259 

Loss  in  coking,  45 '5 

Total  weight  of  coke,  54-5  —  100-0 


53 

Analysis: — Moisture,  -                                  9'0 

Volatile  matters,  -        8  6 '5 

Carbon  in  coke,  47 '8  -               47 '8 

Ashes  (pink),                   -  6  '7 

100-0 

Carbon  in  the  coal,  51-3 


GEORGE   TURNER  S    MINE. 

Thickness  of  the  bed,  two  feet  five  inches.  Overlaid  with  clay. 
Underlaid  with  fire-clay.  Worked  by  "  stripping"  from  seven  to  fifteen 
feet  of  clay  and  soil.  Coal  dull  to  bright ;  hard ;  compact ;  fracture 
even,  breaking  into  rhombohedrons ;  layers  alternately  thick  and  thin, 
and  separated  with  a  little  carbonaceous  clod.  Contains  vertical  plates 
of  carbonate  of  lime,  and  a  few  specks  of  sulphuret  of  iron.  Coke  good. 

Specific  gravity,  1-227 
Loss  in  coking,  48 '5 

Total  weight  of  coke,  51-5  =  lOO'O 

Analysis: — Moisture,  -  -  7'0 

Volatile  matters,  -  -  41-5 

Carbon  in  coke,        -  -  49 '0 

Ashes  (white),  -  2-5 

100-0 

Carbon  in  the  coal,  54-1 


COAL   EIGHT    MILES    FROM   WILMINGTON. 

In  the  prairie  between  Wilmington,  Will  county,  and  "  Goose  Lake," 
Grundy  county,  there  are  various  outcrops  of  coal.  At  every  opening 
the  coal  is  quarried,  or  "  stripped."  It  is  all  of  one  quality.  Coal  toler- 
ably bright ;  rather  hard ;  fracture  even  ;  layers  indistinct,  and  separated 
with  carbonaceous  clod.  Contains  vertical  seams  of  carbonate  of  lime, 
with  bright  sulphuret  of  iron  disposed  both  vertically  and  horizontally. 

Specific1  gravity,  1-2165 

Loss  in  coking,  47*95 

Total  weight  of  coke,  62-05  =  100-00 

Analysis : — Moisture,  -  4-00 

Volatile  matters,  -         43-95 

Carbon  in  coke,        -  -  49-15 

Ashes,  .  -  2-90 

100-00 

Carbon  in  the  coal,  50-00 


54 

TELFIR'S  MINE. 

This  is  the  same  bed  as  the  one  worked  by  Turner  at  the  outcrop  near 
the  railroad,  and  by  G.  W.  Oliver  near  the  canal.  Overlaid  with  indur- 
ated shale.  Underlaid  with  fire-clay.  Thickness  of  the  bed  from  two 
feet  six  inches  to  two  feet  eight  inches.  The  brothers  Telfir  work  the  bed 
by  a  shaft  fifty-eight  feet  six  inches  deep.  Coal  somewhat  hard  ;  rather 
dull ;  fracture  very  uneven ;  layers  thin,  with  carbonized  coal  plants 
between  them.  Contains  vertical  seams  of  carbonate  of  lime,  and  an 
abundance  of  sulphuret  of  iron.  Coke  good. 

Specific  gravity,  1-216 

Loss  in  coking  44 '5 

Total  weight  of  coke,  55-5  =  lOO'O 

Analysis: — Moisture,  8-0 

Volatile  matters,  -        36'5 

Carbon  in  coke,        -  53-5 

Ashes  (purplish),  -  -  2*0 

100.0 

Carbon  in  the  coal,  57'77 


ROBERT  DAVIDSON'S  MINE. 

Thickness  of  the  bed,  two  feet  six  inches.  Overlaid  with  fourteen  feet 
of  indurated  clay.  The  bed  is  is  worked  by  "stripping."  Coal  bright ; 
hard  ;  compact ;  fracture  even  ;  layers  thick,  with  thin  seams  of  carbon- 
aceous clod  between  them.  Contains  vertical  seams  of  carbonate  of  lime. 

Specific  gravity,  1-2408 
Loss  in  coking,  49-25 

Total  weight  of  coke,  50-75  --.  lOO'O 

Analysis: — Moisture,  12-00 

Volatile  matters,  -        37-25 

Carbon  in  coke,        -  48-75 

Ashes  (pink),  -  -  -          2-00 

100-00 

Carbon  in  the  coal,  55-55 


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ANALYSES  OP  AMEBICAN  COALS, 
SOME   OF   WHICH    ARE    USED   IN    THE    WEST. 

STATE. 

LOCALITY. 

NAME  OF  BED. 

Specific 
Gravity. 

Volatile 
Matter. 

Carbon. 

Ashes. 

Pennsylvania 
do. 
do. 
do. 
do. 
do. 
do. 
do. 
Ohio, 
do. 
do. 
do. 
do. 
Indiana, 
do. 
do. 
do. 
do. 
Iowa, 
Missouri. 
do. 

Venango  County.  .  .  . 
Beaver  County  

Sandy  Rid^e  

1.275 

1.371 

1.264 

1.283 
1.560 

1.320 
1.219 
1.270 
1.240 
1.240 
1.240    • 
1.270 
1.250 
1.252 

43.20 
52.78 
36.00 
38.75 
40.50 
43.75 
16.40 
32.80 
44.298 
47.327 
44.800 
18.70 
38.13 
21.00 
39.00 
27.50 
28.00 

44.00 
34.20 
34.06 

49.80 
29.54 
30.12 
59.45 
57.80 
53.45 
75.40 
62.80 
53.404 
49.882 
39.950 
76.70 
58.41 
75.00 
52.00 
70.00 
70.00 
50.80 
48.50 
50.78 
50.81 

7.00 
17.68 
33.88 
1.80 
1.70 
2.80 
8.20 
5.20 
2.288 
2.221 
14.620 
4.60 
3.46 
4.00 
9.00 
2.50 
2.00 

7.50 
15.02 
15.13 

Coal  Run  

Crawford  Connty.  .  .  . 
Mercer  County  

Orano'eville  

Blossburg  

Blossburg  

Bloss'  Coal. 

Portland  County.  .  .  . 
Jackson  County  
Jackson  County  

Upson's  

Foundry  

Pomeroy  

Briar  Hill  

Parke  County  

Vermilion  County  .  .  . 
Vigo  County  

Lick  Fork  

Sullivan  County  
Terre  Haute  

Mammoth  Vein.  .  .  . 
Mastodon  Vein  .  .  . 

Duck  Creek  

Galloway  County.  .  .  . 
Cote-sans-dessein  .... 

ANALYSES  OF  POEEIGN  COALS, 

USED   IN    THE    MANUFACTURE    OF   IRON. 

COUNTRY. 

LOCALITY. 

XJME  OF  BED. 

Volatile  in 
Coking. 

Carbon. 

Ashes. 

Color  of 

Ash. 

England, 
do. 
do. 
do. 
do. 
do. 
do. 
do. 
do. 
do. 
do. 
do. 
do. 
do. 
do. 
do. 

North  Wales 

England. 
do. 
do. 
do. 
do. 
do. 
do. 
do. 
•  do. 
do. 
do. 

Forest  of  Dean  

Cinderford  

36.00 
39.00 
32.03 
36.72 
45.100 
46.35 
34.18 
38.70 

32.30 

39.58 
34.53 
32.81 
41.38  - 
35.70 
34.100 
35.67 
34.740 

40.6 

43.33 
32.00 
45.83 
39.11 
37.70 

62.0 
58.5 
63.72 
61.53 
52.775 
51.40 
63.57 
58.30 

65.20 

58.67 
62.47 
64.19 
57.87 
62.70 
64.582 
60.33 
64.135 

51.9 

54.17 

62.870 
49.42 
58.89 
60.80 

2.0 
2.5 
4.25 
1.75 
2.125 
2.25 
2.25 
3.00 

2.50 

1.75 
3.00 
3.00 
0.75 
1.6 
1.318 
4.0 
1.125 

7.5 

2.50 
h     5.125 
4.75 
2.0 
1.75 

Red. 
Ochre. 
Red. 
Red. 
Pink. 
Buff. 
White. 
Pink. 

White. 

Gray. 
White. 
Fawn. 
Light 
Gray. 
Brown. 
Fawn. 

Gray. 

Buff. 
Pink. 
Red. 
Gray. 
Gray. 

Parkend.  

Cinderford  ....        . 

Coleford  

High  Delf  

Starkev  

New  Mine  Top  .... 
Fire  Clay  

S.  Staffordshire  

S.  Staffordshire  

Bentley  

Ten  Yard       

Lane  End  

Bassey  Mine  

(N.  Staffordshire) 
Lane   End  (best  fur- 
nace), N.   Stafford- 
shire   

j  j 

Spendcroft  

Golden  Hill  

Golden  Hill  

Little  Row  Bed  
Randle  Coal  

Shroph  shire  

Shrophshire  

Double  Coal  

)  Brynibo  

Three  Yard  

j  Brynibo  

Brassey  Vein. 

Church  way  

Corbvn's  Hall  (Tow 
Coal)  

Churchway  

S.  Staffordshire  .... 

S.  Staffordshire  

Do.      do.      (Heath- 
ing  Coal)  

do.         Bentley 
N.  Staffordshire  

Do.    (Bottom  Vein) 
(Five  ft.  Splint  Coal) 
Ten  Feet  Coal.    .  .. 

Golden  Hill  

Great  Row  Coal  

59 
SECTIONS. 

The  following  tabular  view  of  sections  of  Rocks  in  various  parts  of  the 
State,  is  designed,  more  especially,  to  show  their  relative  position  with 
regard  to  the  coal  beds.  They  are  details  of  the  illustrations  prepared  for 
and  intended  to  elucidate  the  Geological  Report.  As  no  appropriation 
has  yet  been  made  for  engraving  or  lithographing  maps  or  sections,  it  has 
been  deemed  best  to  furnish  such  information,  in  the  present  form,  as 
may  probably  aid  those  interested  in  the  economical  matters  now  being 
published. 


ALEXANDER  COUNTY. 


SEC.  2,  T.  14  a.,  R.  11  w. 
White  quartzose  limestone,.  .  . 
Buff  colored  shale,  

FEET 
30 

10 

IN. 

5|    MILES     NORTH     OF    THEBES, 
NORTH     SIDE     OF     SEXTON'S 
CREEK. 

FEET 

IN. 

Cherty  beds    

150 

40 

Red  shelly  limestone,  

10 

2  MILES  BELOW  THEBES 

Limestone,  

30 

Mottled  limestone                    . 

80 

Blue  limestone,  

25 

190 

Slate,  

45 

GRAND   CHAIN. 

Drift  clay  

30 

100 

Sandstone,  

35 

Shale,  

10 

Massive  grey  limestone,  

70 

145 

PULASKI  COUNTY. 


BIG  CHAIN,  3  MILES  ABOVE  CAL- 
EDONIA. 

Hidden,  

FEET 

20 
3 
20 
4 
30 
10 

IN. 

Yellow  clay,  

Sandstone,  

White  clav,  

Shale,  with  fossils,  

Hidden,  

87 

POPE  COUNTY. 

SLOAN'S  HILL. 

FEET 
20 

90 
20 
38 

IN. 

CARROLL'S  PLACE. 
Archimedes  limestone,  

FEET 

16 
6 
14 

Limestone  . 

Hidden,  

Hidden  .  .  .'.  

Shale  and  clav,  

Slaty  limestones  and  marlites, 

36 

168 

60 

HARDIN  COUNTY. 


BLUFF  AT  ROSICLARE. 

Sandstone, 

Limestone, 

Sandstone, 

Limestone, 


FEET 
35 

100 

6 

60 


201 


GALLATIN  COUNTY. 


4  MILES  WEST  OF  SHAWNEETOWN. 

Mowitain  limestone  and  millstone 

FEET 

IN. 

NEW   HAVES. 

Limestone  

FEET 

4 

IN. 

Black  slate    with  nodules  of 

48 

9 

black  limestone,  

1 

Sandstone,  

9,1 

8 

Gray  clay  shale,  

2 

f, 

87 

5 

Alternation  of  sandy  and  clay 

Limestone,  

3 

shales              

12 

Covered                 .     

35 

Slack  limestone  

6 

9 

3£  MILES  N.  E.  OFSHAWNEETOWN. 

Dip  7°  N.  15°  W. 

201 

8 
3 

Limestone,     

9 

Black  shale  and  black  limestone 
Slope,  

9 

23 

Sandstone,  

30 

4 

35 

Black  slate,  

1 

6 

Iron  with  fossils  (Grayville  bed) 
Coal,.  . 

4 

34 

Fire  clay,  

6 

Clay  shale,  

10 

10 

Covered,  

15 

SALINE  COUNTY. 


HEEK'S  FARM. 
Millstone  grit  

FEET 

IN. 

SOUTH  PART  OF  SALINE  COUNTY. 

Section  showing   the   denuda- 

FEET 

IN. 

Hard  Quartzite,  

45 

q 

tion  the  mountian  limestone 

Altered  shale  cont'g  coal  plants 
Hard  quartzite,  

19 

8 

3 

and  the  millstone  grit  have 

Coarse  sandstone,  

13 

position  of  the  coal  measures 

Shale,  

13 

8 

Thin-bedded  sandstone,  

10 

6 

Coarse  sandstone,  

13 

Covered,  

28 

Shale  

13 

Shalv  limestone  with  Archim- 

Thin-bedded sandstone,  ...      . 

10 

6 

edes 

6 

Covered         

28 

Light  blue  limestone,  

4 

4 

Limestone  with  Archimedes,  .  . 

10 

10 

Brown  marl,  

1 

4 

1 

4 

Yellow  veined  limestone,  

1 

6 

1 

o 

Covered,  

15 

Covered  

15 

Sandstone,  

10 

Sandstone,  

10 

174 

8 

111 

2 

61 

WILLIAMSON  COUNTY. 


CRAB  ORCHARD  CREEK,  BETWEEN 
MARION  AND  MURPHYSBORO. 

FEET 

27 
2 
11 
15 
12 

IN. 

6 
6 

SALINE  CREEK,  ON   MARION   AND 
GOLCONDA  ROAD. 

Drift,  

FEET 

60 
16 
10 
15 

101 

IN. 

Shale                       

Shale,  

Shale  

(57 

WHITE  COUNTY. 

GRAYVILLE. 

FEET 

4 
3 

10 

IN. 

Shale,  

Clay  slate,  with  iron  ore,  

Shaly  sandstone,  

17 

JACKSON  COUNTY. 

DEVIL'S    BAKE-OTEN. 

FEET 

64 

IN. 

HOLMAN  &  SMITH'S  COAL  BANK, 
MURPHYSBORO'. 
Hidden       

FEET 

50 
10 

3 

1 

2 

IN. 
6 

BALD    ROCK. 

Limestone,  

64 

107 
100 

Shale,  

Coal,  

Shale,  

Chert,  

Coal,  

200 

66 

6 

FRANKLIN  COUNTY. 

,  SEC.  5,  T.  6,  S.  R.,  2  E. 

Sandstone,  

FEET 
4 
1 
1 

IN. 

£  MILE  SOUTH  OF  BENTON. 

Shaly  sandstone,  

FEET 

3 
1 

IN. 

8 

Shale,  

Coal,  .  , 

Coal,  6  to 

6 

4 

8 

RANDOLPH  COUNTY. 

3      MILES     BELOW     PRAIRIE      DU 
ROCHER. 

Hidden,  

FEET 

80 

10 

IN. 

1  MILE  BELOW  CHESTER. 

Hidden,  

FEET 
110 
35 

22 
35 

IS, 

Limestone,  

Sandstone,  

Limestone,  

Limestone,  

CHESTER. 

Drift  clay,  

PRAIRIE  DU  ROCHER. 

Hidden,  

90 

70 
70 
48 
54 

202 

120 

90 

Ljmestone,  

Shale  

s.  w.  J  SEC.  2,  T.  8,  S.  R.  6  w. 
Massive  sandstone,  

Limestone,  

210 

54 
27 
54 
52 

242 

Limestone,  

Shale,  

Limestone,  

187 

62 

ST.  CLAIR  COUNTY. 


BELSHA'S  COAL  BANK. 
Limestone,  

FEET 

4 

IN. 

BIG  CANTEEN  CREEK. 

Soil,   

FEET 

4 

IN. 

Marly  slate,  

1 

Alluvial  clav,  

9 

Coal  slate,  

q 

Arenaceous  marly  slate  . 

3 

Q 

Coal,  

6 

q 

Sandstone,   

12 

Q 

Fire  clay,  

6 

Slaty  ferruginous  clay,  

1 

fi 

Arenaceous  shaly  limestone,  .  . 

3 

5 

Q 

18 

fi 

Fire-clay,  

15 

Soil  

5 

54 

Alluvial  clay,  

21 

fi 

QUARRY  NEAR   CASEYVILLE. 

1 

9 

Soil,  

3 

1 

fi 

Alluvial  clay  

3 

Blue  limestone  with  seams  of 

9 

fi 

ferruginous  clay,  

8 

6 

Silicious  sandstone,  

2 

6 

9 

38 

3 

HARRISON'S  QUARRY. 
Soil,  

6 

CHURCHILL'S  COAL  BANK. 

18 

32 

fi 

Soil,  

9 

Yellow  clay,  

8 

Limestone,       

3 

Marly  clay,  

2 

9 

Soapy  Clay,  

2 

Blue  limestone,  

4 

Coal,  

6 

Fire-Clay,  

9 

4.  re 

11 

HAZEL  CREEK  QUARRY. 

Micaceous  sandstone,  

1 

8 

ANDERSON'S  SHAFT. 

9 

2 

Ferruginous  shale,  

10 

Soil  and  alluvial  clay  

38 

Seam  of  iron  ore,  

H 

Yellow  clay,  

15 

Micaceous  sandstone,  

5 

White  limestone,  

6 

Gray  sandstone,  

4 

2 

Blue  limestone 

5 

11 

8 

Dark  calcareous  rock,  

7 

Coal,  

7 

fi 

Soil               

9 

Fire-clay  

9 

g 

Slaty  fire  clay,  

9 

80 

6 

Limestone,  '.  

4 

FeiTu°'inou8  marly  slate  .   .    .  . 

3 

Soil,  

3 

6 

Coal  slate  

7 

Alluvial  clav,  

3 

Coal,  

9 

Limestone,  

13 

Fire-clay  ... 

6 

c 

7 

•WILSON'S  SHAFT. 
Soil  and  alluvial  clay,  

30 

COAL  BANK  OF  ILLINOIS  COAL  CO. 

25 

a 

Variegated  clay,  

10 

Soil,  

15 

Arenaceous  clay,  

15 

3 

Shaly  limestone,  

6 

1 

Blue  limestone,  

6 

Coal,  

6 

38 

9 

Coal         

6 

Fire  clay,   

fi 

25 

Gray  limestone,  

9 

111 

6 

63 

ST.  CLAIR  COUNTY  (Continued). 


COAL  BASK.  OP  ILLINOIS  COAL  CO. 

Soil  

FEET 

3 
1 

1 
5 

6 
( 

IN. 

4 
8 

1 
3 

7  ( 

11 

6 
5 

11 
6 

~6~ 

6 
6 
6 
8 
6 
3 
5 

STONE  CREEK. 

Arenaceous  limestone,  

FEET 
7 
4 

4 
2 

17 

17 
6 
1 

8 

9 

32 

20 
8 
7 
16 
1 
6 
3 
7 

~68 

10 
5 
2 

5 

9 

IN. 

6 
4 

10 
6 

6 

3 
6 

6 

3 
6 

Alluvial  clay,  

Limestone,  

Shitv  marly  limestone     .  . 

Marly  slate,  

Limestone,  .   ...        .   

Limestone,  

Blue  marly  slate,  

TFEIFFER'S  PLACE. 
Soil  and  clav,  

Coal  slate,  

Coal,  

Soil 

Limestone,  

17 

f 

4 

5 

Coal  slate,  

Coal,  

Fire-clay,  

Limestone,  

BELLEVILLE. 

Coal  Slate,  

Coal,  

Soil,  
Coal  Slate,  

9 

9 
1 

6 

9 

Limestone,  

Sandstone,  ,  
Limestone,  

Coal,  
Fire-clay,  

Soil,  

Limestone,  
Coal,  

7 

1 
2 
2 
1 
1 
1 

4 

BECHHOLZ'S  COAL    BANK. 

Gray  limestone,  

Marly  slate  with  limestone,  .  .  . 
Gray  limestone,  

Blue  limestone,  

Limstone  with  marly  slate,  .  .  . 
Gray  limestone,  

Coal,  

Coal  slate,  

ROCK  CREEK,  SEC.9,  T.'9,  S.  R.  4E. 

Shale,  '.  

Coal,  .  , 

24 

10 
1 

2 

A  WELL    208    FEET  N.  E.  OF  THE 
NORTH  ENTRY  NEAR  CASEYVILLE 

Drift  clay,  

15 

26 

1 
1 

4 

8  1 
6 
10 

Black  slate  and  coal,  

Fire-clay,  

WILSON'S  COAL  BANK. 
i     Soil,  

Limestone,  

13 

9 

42 
1 

7 
2 
6 

6 

9 

Blue  marly  clav,  

1  MILE  S.  OF  BOLL'S  PLACE. 

Soil  and  clav  . 

30 

? 
2 
10 

1 
3 
6 

10 

6 

i     Alluvial  clay,  

Marly  slate,  

Marly  slate,  

Shalv  sandstone 

Black  slate,  

Marly  slate,     

Blue  limestone,  

Coal  slate,  

Coal,  .  . 

Coal,  

Fire-clay,  .       .  . 

Fire-clay,  

£  MILE  S.  E.  OF  BOLLES  PLACE. 

Soil,  

DILG  A  KF.MPFF'S  SHAFT. 
Soil  and  alluvial  clay,  

23 

1 
2 
6 

4 

1 

2 
2 

64 

29 
15 
3 

7 

9 

6 

Clay,  sand  and  gravel        .... 

Sandstone,  

Coal  slate,  

Coal,  .                      

9 

5 

54 

64 

MADISON  COUNTY. 


SHOAL  CREEK. 

Clay   shale   and   impure   iron 
stone  

FEET 

15 

4 
4 

IN. 

3 

SILVER  CREEK,  EAST  OF  MARIXE. 

Limestone,  

FEET 

3 
6 

IS. 

8 

Black  slate,   containing  black 
limestone,,  

Limestone,  

Clay  shale  and  iron  stone,  .... 

Sandy  clay  shale         

9 

8 

23 

3 

CALHOUN  COUNTY. 

CAP  All  GRES. 

Hidden          

FEET 

50 
70 
10 

4 
54 
26 

IN. 

HAMBURG. 

Loess  and  drift    

FEET 
80 

60 
125 
6 
10 
6 
4 

IN. 

Fine-°rained  sandstone,  

Crinoidal  limestone,  

Hidden  

Hidden,  

Sandstone,  

Compact  bluish  limestone,  .... 
Shelly  limestone,  

Sandstone  

1  MILE  BELOW  GILEAD. 

Sandstone  

214 

2 
12 

10 

9 

MISSISSIPPI   BLUFF,  NORTH  LINE 
OF  THE  COUNTY. 

291 

14 
3 
12 

Gray  limestone,  

Magnesian  limestone,  

Blue  clay,  mostly  hidden,  
HART'S  PLACE,  N.  E.  J  SEC.  20, 

T.  8,  S.  R.,  3  W. 

Fine  grained,   compact,  fossil- 
iferous  limestone,  

Arenaceous  bed,  

Hidden                  ...         ... 

24 

20 
8 
11 
14 

N.  E.  J  SEC.  35,  T.  12,  S.  R.  2  W. 

J>ip  24°  S.  20°  E. 
Hidden,  

29 

60 
25 
30 

Slate 

Crinoidal  limestone  

Gray  shale,  

•J  MILE  ABOVE  CAP  ATI  GRES. 

Hidden,  

115 

53 

54 
24 
6 
65 
6 
12 

Gray  limestone  with  fossils,  .  .  . 
Slaty  limestone,  

Fine  grained  sandstone,  

Fawn  colored  sandstone,  

Ash  colored  sandstone,  

167 

CUMBERLAND  COUNTY. 

EMBARRAS  RIVER. 

Sandstone  and  soil,  

FEET 
33 

2 
2 

13 
1 

IN. 

8 

8 
6 

Bro't  forward, 
Hard  sandstone  

FEET 

52 

3 
6 
2 
4 
13 

IN. 
10 

10 

4 

Sandv  shale  

Nodular  sandy  shale    

Greenish  clay  shale  and  thin  lay- 
ers of  black  coaly  matter,.  .  . 
Ferruginous  limestone,  

Thin  sandy  shale      

Coarse  sandstone  

Sandy  shale.  

Clay  with  iron  stone,  

Covered,  

52 

10 

82 

65 

VERMILION  COUNTY. 


PARIS'S  MILL. 

Yellow  Sandstone,  

FEET 

15 
2 
3 

2 

IN. 

COOK'S  MINE. 
Soil  and  drift,  

FEET 

20 
18 
12 
3 
5 

58 

65 
11 

16 
11 

6 
2 
1 

IX 

6 

(j 

8 

6 

6 

3 

2 

•1 

1 

2 

1 

4 
8 
10 

Sandy  shale,  

Yellow  sandstone,  

Dark  clay  shale,  

Sandy  shale       

Coal  

DR.  FITHIAN'S  QUARRY. 

Soil  and  drift      

Hidden 

22 

11 
15 
10 
4 
1 

9 

JOSIAH  SAXDUSKY'S. 
Sandy  Shale  with  thin  seams  of 

Sandv  shale,  

Coal  (Seam  No.  6),  

Silicious  clay  shale  with  nodu- 

THORNTON'S  MILL. 

41 

44 
16 
3 

7 
1 
5 
11 

6 
8 

Clay  shale  with  nodular  iron 

Fossil  bed,  

Coal,  

Coal 

Fire-clay,  

Coal,  

Indurated  shale,  

ALEXANDER'S  COAL  MINE. 

113 

9 
1 

6 
1 
1 
6 
8 
2 
4 
1 
6 
25 

Sandv  shale,  

Sandstone,  

NORTH  FORK,  W.  OF  DANVILLE. 

Soil  and  drift  clay,  
Blmish  gray  limestone,  
Clav  shale,  

Pnal  C-iofim    \V>    9^ 

87 

9 

2 

4 
2 

9 

8 
g 

Fossiliferous  clay  shale,  

Fossil  bed,  

Coal  (No.  seam  4),  
Fire-clay,  
Coal  (seam  No.  3),  
Fire-clay,  

Fire-clay,  
Sandy  shale,  

N.  W.  FRAC.  }  SEC.  1,  T.  18,  R.  11. 

Soil  and  ck-ift  clay,  

5 
23 

36 

34 
3 

3 
1 

1 
2 
7 
11 

Silicious  clay,  
Limestone,  
Clay  shale,  
Coal  (seam  No.  2),  

Fire-clay,  

Sandy  shale  and  shaly  sandstone 
SEC.  26,  T.  19,  R.  13. 

Dark  calcareous  slate,  

70 

12 
12 

Clay  shale,  

Calcareous  sandstone,  

Sandy  shale 

HANGING   ROCK. 

Soil  and  drift  clay 

Sandstone,  

24 

9 
32 

12 
3 

1 

1 

3 
8 

Hidden,  

CHICAGO  &  DANVILLE  COAL.  CO. 

Clay  shale,     

62 

48 
3 
7 
1 
1 
4 
6 
3 
4 
2 
4 
16 

11 

3 
5 
2 
3 
1 

6 
6 
6 

8 

Heavy  bedded  sandstone,  

Dark  clay  shale  with  nodular 
iron  ore,  

Dark  clay  shale,  

Black  slate,  

Coal,  

Black  bituminous  shale 

Coal,  

Coal,  

Fire-clay,  . 

Fire-clav,  

Coal,  

Silicious  clay,  

Fire-clay,  

Limestone,  

Hidden,  

Calcareous  slate  

SEC.  25,  T.  19,  R.  13. 
Brecciated  limestone,  

Coal,  

70 
12 

10 

Fire-clav,  

Sandstone,  

101 

13 

66 

VERMILION   COUNTY  (Continued). 


MOUTH  OF  STONY  CREEK. 

Sandstone  with  sandy  shale,  .  . 
Sandv  shale,  

FEET 

16 
4 
2 
2 

IX. 

6 

MAKERSO.N'S  BRANCH. 
Drift,  

FEET 
? 

32 

IN. 

Thick  bedded  yellow  sandstone 
HENSON'S  COAL  MINE,  GRAPE  CR. 

Clav  shale,  

Bituminous  slate,  

32 

3 
11 
16 
5 

7 
3 

Coal  (seam  No.  5),  

SNAKE   DEN. 

Drift  clay  

24 

80 
10 

12 

6 

Thick  bedded  sandstone,  

Sandy  shale,    

Soft  white  sandstone 

Yellow  sandstone,  

Coal  (Seam  No  1) 

Micaceous  sandy  shale,  

Hidden,  

ELLIS'S  BRANCH,    NEAR   GEORGE- 
TOWN. 

Drift,  

GRIFFITH'S  COAL  MINE. 
I     Soil  and  drift,  

52 

? 
18 

3 
V 

3 
12 

15 

6 

45 

20 
8 
39 
28 

6 

2 
6 

8 
10 

10 

6 
4 

Thin  bedded  sandstone,  

Clay  shale.  

Silicious  clay  shale           . 

Coal  

Clay  shale,  

Fossil  bed,  

Brown  sandstone,  

Coal  (Seam  No.  4) 

Calcareous  sandstone 

LEONARD'S  COAL  MINE. 
Soil  and  drift  clay,  

Shal  v  sandstone,  

101 

28 
1 

I 

6 
5 
6 
12 
'  3 

LAFFERTY'S  COAL  MINE. 
Stil  and  drift,  

40 
6 
5 
5 
6 

6 

Blue  limestone,  fossiliferous,  .  . 
Black  slate,  containing  nodules 
of  blue  fossih'ferous  limestone, 
Coal  (seam  No  2  )        ... 

Black  clay  shale,  

Coal  (Seam  No.  2)  

Fire  clay,  

MAJOR  VANCE'S  MINE. 
Drift,  

Hard  calcareous  sandstone,  .  .  . 
Sandy  shale,  

62 
20 

40 

22 
28 

6 

6 

2 
6 

8 

1  MILE  ABOTE  STATE-LINE. 

Soil  and  drift  clay  .    .... 

64 

65 
4 

1 
1 
8 

Sandy  shale  and  thin  bedded 
sandstone,  

Silicious  clay  with  nodular  iron 
ore        

Black  slate         

Bluish  white  clay  shale,  

Clay  shale  with  nodular  iron  ore 

Coal       

1  MILE  ABOVE   MOUTH  OF   STOXY 
CREEK. 

Soil  and  drift  clay  

S.  E.  i  S.  E.  J  SEC.  19,  T.  19  R. 
12  w. 
Soil  and  drift,  

79 

2 
14 

66 

10 

116 

28 
22 
60 

Thin  bedded  sandstone,  

Sandy  shale,  with  brown  calca- 
reous sandstone,  

Light   gray   sandy  shale   with 

Silicious  clay  shale,  with  nod- 

BLACKAMORE'S  MINE. 

82 

44 
4 
4 

100 

Black  clay  shale    

Coal,  

i 

52 

67  , 

VERMILION  COUNTY  (Continued). 


2  MILES  ABOVE  STATE  LINE. 

Soil  and  drift  clay            .  .    .  . 

FEET 

? 

IN. 

H.  BECKWITH'S  COAL  MINE. 
Sandy  slope,  

FEET 

23 

IN. 

Black  slate           

4 

34 

1 

8 

Coal  (seam  No.  4),.  . 

6 

8 

Micaceous  sandstone            .  .  . 

1 

4 

•n-          i 

I1  ire-clay,  

1 

9 

Sandy  shale   

1 

8 

Coal  (seam  No.  3),  

10 

Sandstone,  

10 

4 

Hidden,  

IS 

]2 

Blue  limestone,  

2 

o 

40 

8 

Dark  clay  shale,  

4 

SEC.  22,  T.  19,  E.  13. 

Coal  (seam  No.  2),  

3 

28 

Hard  micaceous  sandstone,  .  .  . 
Sandy  shale,  

3 
15 

CAROTHERS  &  BALL'S  COAL  MINE. 

91 

2 

Thin-bedded    micaceous  sand- 

Soil and  drift,  

25 

stone   

15 

Clay  shale,  fossiliferous 

8 

9 

Sandy  shale,  

7 

Fossil  bed,  

A 

Coal  (seam  No  4)          . 

6 

g 

68 

Fire-clay,  

1 

4 

BUTLER'S  MILL. 

Coal  (seam  No.  3),  

1 

Drift  clay,  

9 

Fire-clay,  

5 

Thick-bedded  sandstone,  

13 

Silicious  clay,  

9 

Clay  shale   with  nodular  iron 
ore  

4 

ft 

Blue  limestone,  fossiliferous,  .  . 
Black  slate  with  nodules  of  blue 

2 

Arenaceous  limestone,  

2 

fossiliferous  limestone,.  .    .  . 

4 

1 

Coal  (seam  No.  2),  

4 

1 

10 

Fire-clay,  

5 

Coal  

1 

9 

Sandy  shale,  

6 

6 

Sandstone,  irregularlv  bedded 

14 

9 

Sandy  shale  with  nodular  iron 

ore,  

11 

28 

ft 

SALT  FOBK,  |  MILE  ABOVE  NORTH 
FORK. 

20 

LEONARD'S  QUARRY. 
Soil  and  drift  clay,  

102 
25 

3 

20 

Thin-bedded  sandstone,  

3 

Fossiliferous  clay  shale.  

20 

^Vhite  sandstone,  thick-bedded 

14 

6 

Sandy  shale,  

24 

Fire-clay         

1 

4 

Coal  (seam  No.  3),  

1 

9 

66 

Fire-clay,  

•  4 

Silicious  clay  shale,  

10 

Blue  limestone,  

2 

A 

Black  slate  jTossiliferous),  coal 
(seam  No.  2),  

4 
4 

% 

Fire-clay,  

4 

11 

108 

3 

68 

SCHTJYLER  COUNTY. 


s.  w.  -J-  SEC.  36,  T.  2  N  ,  R.  1  w. 

FET 
9 

1 
3 

4 
5 
1 
40 

IN. 

6 

£   MILE    E.    OF    CAMDEX. 

Drift  clay,  

FEET 
9 

3 

5 
40 

IN. 

6 

Shale,  

Black  sla,te,  

Black  slate,  

Coal     

Shale,  

•MCKEE'S  MILL,  SUGAR    CREEK. 
S.  TV.  J  SEC.  17,  T.  2  N.,  R.  1  E. 
Drift  clay  

Shaly  sandstone  

48 

9 

33 
25 

7 
8 

73 

6 

6 
6 

N.  W.  JSEC.  12,  T.  3  N.,  E.    1  VT. 

54 

9 
15 
2 
8 
12 

6 
6 

Sandstone,  

Coal     .  •  

Shale,  

Sandstone,  

Shale,  with  iron  ore,  

Limestone,.  . 

37 

6 

CALHOUN  COUNTY. 

N.  E.  J  SEC.  23,  T.  12  N.,  K.  2  W. 

Z>ip  4°  N,  10°  W.  (Zower  6eds.) 

FEET 

60 

10 

65 
60 
41 
20 

IN. 

BAIT'S  PLACE,  SEC.  14,  T.    11 

S.,  R.  2  W. 

Drif  t  clay,  

FEET 

9 

? 

94 
18 
12 
6 
44 

IN. 

Chert,  

Crinoidal  limestone,  

Limestone,  the  lower  part  slaty 

Ash  colored,  slaty  limestone,  .  . 
Blue  clay,  

Hidden  

Gray  fossilsiferous  limestone,  .  . 
Magnesian  h'mestone 

Magnesian  limestone,  

Hidden,  

-£   MILK   ABOVE    HARDIN. 

Upper  beds  mostly  hidden,  .  .  . 
Gray  limestone,  

256 

174 

9 

6 
21 

8 
5 
? 
27 

Shale,  

Crystalline  limestone,  

Blue  clay,  

Gray  'limestone  with  fossils,.  .  . 

69 

JERSEY   COUNTY. 


8  MILES  BELOW  GRAFTON,  BATES' 
WOOD  YARD. 

Loess  and  drift,  

FEET 
9 

IN. 

LANGLEY'S  COAL  BANK,  s.  w.  J 

SEC.  10,  T.  7  N.,  R.  10  W. 

Drift,  

FEET 

? 

IN. 

Crinoidal  limestone,  

44 

Limestone  in  fragments,  

3 

Ash-colored  shaly  and  cherty 

Black  slate,  

2 

beds  ...                

75 

Coal,  '.  

5 

Limestone,  

20 

9 

EITER   BLUFF,    3    MILES    BELOW 
MACOUPIN  CREEK. 

139 

1 

ON  PIASA,  1  MILE  S.  OF  DELHI. 

Drift,  :  

10 
9 

9 

Coarse-grained  sandstone,  .... 

8 

Crinoidal  limestone    

30 

Chert,  

5 

Ash-colored  shaly  bed    

15 

Fine  grained  sandstone,  

20 

Hidden,  

78 

33 

SAVAGE'S  COAL  BANK   SEC   17 

123 

SEC.  9,  T.  6  N.,  R.  13  W. 

Drift  clay,  .  .  .'  

? 

T.  7  N     R    10  W 

Ma^nesian  limestone,  

40 

Drift,  

9 

Gray  limestone,  with  fossils,  .  . 

?,0 

Black  slate,  .  .       .               ... 

9 

Coal,  

2 

fi 

60 

Fire-clay,  .  . 

? 

HAMILTON  COUNTY. 


N.  W.  J  SEC.  28  T.  4  S.,  R.  5  W. 

Shale,  

FEET 

12 

IN. 

Bro't  up. 

FEET 

13 

IN. 

Slate,  

1 

Coal,  .  .   

1 

fi 

Slate  

1 

1  0 

15 

6 

BOND  COUNTY. 

4  MILES  SOUTH    OF  POCAHONTAS. 

Limestone  

FEET 

3 
1 

IN.j 

6 

Bro't  up. 
Clay  shale,  

FEET 

4 
9 
1 

IN. 

6 
6 

Black  slate    

Coal,  

4 

6 

15 

FAYETTE  COUNTY. 

12  MILKS  NORTH  OF  TANDALIA. 

Clay  

FEET 
10 

3 

IN. 

6 

Bro't  up. 
Clay,  .  . 

FEET 

13 
1 

3 

IN. 
6 

6 

Limstone    (with     spirifer    La- 

Limestone,  

13 

6 

17 

•                                       70 

CLARK  COUNTY. 

CROOKED  CREEK  1£  MILES  W.  OF 
TERRE  HAUTE. 

Rocks  covered  with  sand,  etc. 
Alternations  of  clay  and  sandy 

FEET 
30 

15 

3 
1 
10 

IN. 

7 

1%  MILES  EAST  OF  AUBURN. 

Soil,  

FEET 

4 
20 

8 

1 
2 
4 

IN. 

8 

6 
6 

Sandstone  

Black  slate  and  coal,  

Sandy  clay  shale,  

Black  clay  and  pyrites  

Dark  clay  shale,  

Black  slate        

Sandv  shale,  

Coal       

Clay  shale,  ....    

Clay    . 

Sandstone,  1 

LIVINGSTON. 

Slope                        .   ....... 

1  MILE  SOUTH  OF  AUBCKN. 

Covered,  

59 

30 
9 
10 
.      5 
1 

9 

'7 

2 

8 

3 
60 

7 

6 

1 
8 

40 

20 
25 

4 

8 

8 
8 

Thin  broken  limestone,  

Thin  bedded  limestone,  

Black  limestone,  

Blue  clay,  

Clay  shale,  

Coal  

Clay  

49 

Sandy  shale,  

Ripple-marked  sandstone,  .... 
Clay  shale,  

Iron  ore,  

Clay  shale,  

Ferruginous  limestone,  

Alternations  of  clay  shale,  with 
a  layer  of  large  blocks  of 
nodular  limestone,  

GREENE  COUNTY. 

RANDALL'S  MILL,  SEC/  2,  T.  9  N., 

R.   10  W. 

FEET 
9 

4 

9 
12 

IN. 

6 

4 

BLANCHARD'S  COAL  BANK. 
Drift,  

FEET 
V 

8 

2 
? 

IN. 

2 
8 

Shale,  

Slate,  

Coal,  

Shale,  

2J  MILES  N.  E.  OF  WHITEHALL. 

Drift,  

RIVER    BLUFF,     N.    SIDE    OF    MA- 
COUPIN  CREEK. 

Drift,  

25 

V 

10 
1 
2 
6 
4 

10 

9 

68 
10 
45 

10 

Shale,  

Black  slate,  '  

Crinoidal  limestone,  

Coal        

Ash-colored  shale  

Hidden,  

Hidden,  

Limestone    , 

123 

23 

10 

ADAMS  COUNTY. 


NEAR   MENDON. 

Drift  clay,  

FEET 
9 

10 
12 
16 
6 
6 

IN. 

S.  E.  J  SEC.  36,  T.  3  S.,  R.  8  W. 

Loess  and  drift,  

FEET 

40 
18 
31 
6 
41 

IN. 

6 

Chert  in  fragments,  

Concretionary  limestone  .  .    .  . 

Crinoidal  limestone,  

Arenaceous  bed,  

Ma°"nesian  bed          .  .        .... 

Hidden,  

S.  E.  J  SEC.  12,  T.  2   N.,  R.  8  W. 

Drift,  

QUINCY  CITY  (LOWER  PART). 
Loess  and  drift    

136 

9 

15 
2 

9 

50 

62 
33 
28 

Gray  shale,  

Limestone      

Coal... 

Hidden  

123 

17 

6 

SCOTT  COUNTY. 

EXETER. 
Slate  

FEET 

3 
2 
6 
22 
12 

IN. 

8 

SEC.  31,  T.  15,  N.  R.  16  W. 

FEET 
30 

IX. 

Coal,   

Clay     

WINCHESTER. 

30 

14 
16 
26 

N.  E.  J  SEC.  14,  T.  13  N.,  R.  12  W. 

45 

6 
3 
2 
4 
6 

8 

6 
8 

Conglomerate  

Magnesian  bed,  

Slate,  

56 

Coal,  

Fire-clay,  

Limestone,  

22 

2 

BROWN  COUNTY. 

MT.  STERLING  ROAD,  2  MILES  S. 
OF  CAMPBELL'S  COAL. 
Drift  clay,  

FEET 
20 

2 
3 
56 

IN. 

6 

2  MILES  N.  OF  MT.  STERLING. 

Drift  clay,  

FEET 
40 
10 

IN. 

Limestone,  

Limestone  .     .         . 

3  MILES  N.  OF  MT.  STERLING. 

Drift  clay,  

50 

9 

2 
5 
26 

CAMPBELL'S  COAL  BANK,  SEC.  5, 

T.   1  N.,  R.  3  W. 

81 

9 

10 

2 
2 

Limestone,  

Clay,.  . 

BLUFFS  AT  LAGRANGE. 

Drift  clay,  

Shale,  

32 

.105 
15 
1 
3 
2 
7 
6 
8 
6 
25 
22 
20 

6 
6 

Slate,  

Coal 

Shale,  

LITTLE  MISSOURI    CREEK. 

Drift  clay  

Limestone,  

14 

9 

12 

5 

9 

6 

Shale,  

Coal,  

Fire-clay,  

Shale,  

Limestone  ....               

Limestone,  

Shale,  

Blue  clay,  

Shale 

17 

Sandstone,  

Hidden  (lower  coal  seam),  .... 

220 

T2 


PIKE  COUNTY. 


1£   MILES    FROM   THE    MOUTH    OF 
FISH-HOOK  CREEK. 

FEET 

IN. 

SEC.    9,  T.  4  S.,  R.  7  W. 

Crinoidal  limestone,  

FEET 

16 

IX. 

Drift  clay,  

4 

23 

Blue  marlites  

14 

Hidden,  

79 

6 

Hidden,  

24 

111 

•• 

48 

Drift,  

9 

ROCKPORT 

Shale   

6 

Drift  clay,  

9 

3 

Crinoidal  limestone  

15 

Coal,  

1 

6 

Hidden,  -.  

30 

Shale,  

3 

10 

fi 

Oolitic  conglomerate,.  

4 

•J-  MILE  WEST  OF   BARRY. 

Slooe,  .  . 

80 

Crinoidal  limestone,  

15 

Ash  colored  shale  ...              .  . 

3 

132 

Hidden,  

24 

' 

Loess  and  drift  clay,  

9 

49 

Crinoidal  limestone,  

13 

MONTEZCMA. 

Buff-colored   arenaceous    bed 

Drift  clay,  

9 

with  fossils,  

23 

Crinoidal  limestone,  30  /  to.  .  . 

50 

Concealed,  

56 

50 

WELLS'  PLACE,  SEC.  17,  T.  7  s 

92 

N.  W.  J  SEC.  18,  T.   3  S.,  R.  4  W. 

Gray  shale,  

12 

R.  4  W. 

Fossiliferous  slate,  

3 

ft 

Magnesian  limestone,  

10 

Black  slate,  

4 

9, 

Gray  limestone,  

12 

Coal,  .  . 

1 

6 

Hidden 

30 

21 

2 

1-J-  MILES  BELOW  ATLAS. 

52 

1|  MILES  X.  W.  OF  PERRY. 

Magnesian  bed,  

18 

Drift,  

9 

45 

Crinoidal  limestone,  

12 

Limestone,  

4 

Arenaceous  bed    ....    .  . 

3 

Hidden,  

18 

67 

Shale,  

36 

Slaty  limestone  with  fossils,  .  . 
Blue  clay,  

2 

44 

27 

147 

McDONOUGH  COUNTY. 


2  MILES  N.  W.  OF  MACOMB. 

FEET 
5 
10 

1 

IN. 
1 
1 

6 
6 

N.  W.  J  SEC.  33,  T.  4  N.,  R.  3  W. 

Drift  clay  .  .      .'..;...  .30'  to 

FEET 
40 

2 

2 

IN. 

Sandstone,  

Shale  

Coal,  

Coal,  

Clay  . 

CROOKED  CREEK,  CARTHAGE  AND 
MACOMB  ROAD. 

Drift  clay      40'  to 

N.  W.  J  SEC.  13,  T.  5  N.,  R.  4  W. 
STARKEY  &  DAVIS'  COAL  BANK. 

Drift  clay,  40'  to 

44 

60 
6 
5 
8 
53 

16 

60 
20 
1 
3 

Sandstone,  

Shale,  

Shale  

Clay  slate,  

Concretionary  limestone,  
Hidden,  

Coal,  2'  6"  to 

74 

132 

73 

McDONOUGH  COUNTY  (CONTINUED). 


LOWRY'S  COAL  BANK. 
Shaly  sandstone,  

FEET 

4 

IN. 

8.  W.  i  SEC.  11,  T.  5  N.,  R.  4  W. 

Drift,  

FEET 

ix. 

Coal,  

2 

Shale,  

3 

Shaly  sandstone    .            .... 

16 

Coal,  . 

2 

Concretionary  limestone,  12'  to 

15 

44 

Black  slate  «... 

1 

37 

Fire-clay  

9 

Shale  with  iron  ore  

6 

Concretionary  limestone,  .... 

15 

80 

WARREN  COUNTY. 


N.  W.  J  SEC.  1  6,  T.  1  1  N.,R.  1  1  W. 

Drift  clay,  10'  to 

FEET 
20 
6 

3 
2 

IN. 

6 

N.  E.  £  SEC.  26,  T.  9,  N.  R.  1  W. 

FEET 

3 
8 
2 
8 
1 
2 

IN. 

6 
6 

Shale,  

Blue  slaty  limestone,  

Black  slate,  

Black  slate,  

Coal,.  . 

Coal,  

N.  E.  JSEC.  14,  T.  14N.,R.'ll  W. 

Drift,  

Slate,  

31 

10 
3 
6 
4 

Sandstone,  

CEDAR    CREEK,    3    MILES   N.    OF 
MONMOUTH. 

19 

15 
2 
8 
36 

Coal,  

TUCKER'S  COAL  BANK,  N.  w.  J 

SEC.  9,  T.  8  N.,  R.   1  W. 

Slate,  30'  to 

23 

40 
1 
3 
3 
6 
2 

6 

6 
2 

Shale,  

Crinoidal  limestone,  

SEC.  19,  T.  9   N.,  R.  3  W. 

Shaly  sandstone,  

61 

12 
14 

8 

Septaria,  

Shale  with  iron  ore,  

Black  slate,  

Shale  5'  to 

Massive  sandstone,  

Coal,  

Dark  blue  slate  with  iron  ore,  . 

55 

8 

34 

HENDERSON  COUNTY. 


ON  HENDERSON  RIVER,  2-J-  MILES 
S.  E.  OF   OQUAWKA. 

Drift  clay,  

FEET 
9 

IN. 

Crinoidal  limestone,  

RO 

Ash-colored  grit-stones,  

?,0 

50 

4 

10 


74 

ROCK  ISLAND  COUNTY. 


BLUFFS  OF  ROCK  RIVER,  OPPOSITE  FEET 
CAMDEN. 

Drift  clay, 50' to 

Shaly  sandstone, 

Black  slate, 

Coal, 

Shaly  limestone, 

Massive  sandstone, 

Devonian  limestone, 


124    4 


HANCOCK  COUNTY. 


1    MILE   ABOVE    'THE    STEAMBOAT 
LANDING,  NAUVOO. 

Drift  clay,  ,  

FEET 

20 
12 
5 
25 
38 
16 

IN. 

BLUFFS    BACK  OF  APPANOOSE. 

Drift  

FEET 
9 

42 

28 
30 

IN. 

Concretionary  limestone,  

Concretionary  limestone,  

Geode  bed,  

S.  TV.  J  SEC.  24,  T.  4  N.,  R.  6  W. 

Drift  .  .                

Geode  bed 

100 

18 

24 

20 

CARTHAGE  'ROAD,  2  MILES    S.   E 
OF   NAUVOO. 

Concretionary  limestone,  
Magnesian  limestone,  

116 

10 
9 
10 

Sandstone,  

Concretionary  limestone,  

Arenaceous  limestone  and  mar- 
lites,  

Geode  bed                       . 

62 

29 

SCHUYLER  COUNTY. 

KING'S  MILL,  N.  w.  J  SEC.  15, 

T.  3  N.,  R.  4  W. 

Sandstone,  

FEET 

12 
3 
34 
10 
24 

IN. 
6 

BIRMINGHAM. 

Drift,  

FEET 

20 
14 
18 
16 
10 
40 
16 

IN- 

Concretionary  limestone,  

Hidden    

Magnesian  bed,  

Geode  bed,  

S.  E.  J  SEC.  17,  T.  3,  N.  R.   4  W. 

Limestone,  

83 

j 
2 
1 

6 
10 

N.  E.  J  SEC.  18,  T.  2  N.,  R.  1  VC. 

Shale,  

134 

6 
1 
3 
4 

Limestone,  

Sandstone,  

Concretionary  limestone,  

Coal  

19 

6 

14 

75 

HANCOCK  COUNTY. 


MONTEBELLO    COAL    SEAM,  8.  W. 
J  SEC.  5,  T.  5  N.,  R.  8  W. 

Drift  clay,  

FEET 

?p 

25 
5 
1 
25 

IN. 

OLD  MILL,  MONTEBELLO. 

Drift  clay  

FEET 
9 

'2 

20 

40 

IN. 

9 
6 

6 
1 

6 
6 

Shale,  

Slate  .  .         

Limestone  

Coal  

LITTLE'S  COAL  DANK,  s.  w.   J 

SEC.  7,  T.  5  N.,  R.  3  W. 

Drift  clay,  

Sandstone,  

62 

9 

6 

38 
1 
3 

BLUFFS,     OLD     FORT    EDWARDS, 
WARSAW. 

56 

20 
10 
45 
16 

Iron  ore  

Hafnesian  beds,  

Septaria  

Geode  beds,  

Black  slate,  

GRAVEYARD  CREEK,  WARSAW. 

Concretionary  limestone,  

Clay  slate,  

91 

5 
25 

10 
45 
10 

Coal,  2'  6"  to 

WILLIAMS'  CREEK,    1   MILE  OF 

PULASKI. 

Drift  

50 

y 
14 
16 

2 
8 
3 

Arenaceous  beds,  with  marlites, 

Geode  bed  

Sandstone,  

3  MILES  N.  E.  OP  WARSAW. 

Drift  clay,  

Shale 

95 

20 
25 
56 
12 

Coal,  

Hidden,  .  .  .  . 

Fire-clay    

•£  MILE  BELOW  HIBBARD'S,  NAU- 

voo. 
Geode  bed  

Cherty  beds,  

43 

10 
30 
20 

Li°°ht  gray  limestone  

113 

Limestone  and  marlites,  

Cherty  beds,  

60 

LA  SALLE  COUNTY. 

ONE  MILE  EAST  OF  OTTAWA, 
PERLEY'S. 
Soil  and  alluvium  

FEET 

4 
6 
1 

6 
2 

IN. 

6 

V 
9 

6 

? 

LA  SALLE,  CORNER  OF  BEELEN 
AND  LA  SALLE  STREETS. 

Gray  crystalline  limestone.  .  .  . 
Blue  shale  .  .    . 

FEET 

7 
5 

7 
10 
6 

IN. 

8 

9 

Coal  

Limestone,  with  earthy  part- 
in  <rS  .  . 

Clay  .  . 

Black  slate  

Limestone  

Coal  

Shale  

VERMILION"  COUNTY. 


PAINE'S  COAL  MINE.  —  DANVILLE. 
Soil  and  drift  clay          .  . 

FEET 

15 

6 
1 
1 
5 
9 
2 

4 
4 
5 
9 
14 

12 
10 

IN. 

6 
4 
6 

PERRYSVILLE. 

FEET 
9 

3 
1 
2 
3 
16 
17 

IN. 

3 

6 
6 

Coal  (Seam  No  4  )          

Clay  shale  

Fire  clay  

Coal  

Coal  (Seam  No.  3.)   

Fire  clay  .  .      .  .              

Blue  limestone  

Silicious  clay  

Dark  clay  shale  

Blue  limestone  

Light  silicious  clay  shale  

HORSE-SHOE  BEND. 

Soil  and  drift  clay  

Black  slate,  with  nodules  of  blue 
fossiliferous  limestone  
Coal  (Seam  No.  2)  

43 

9 

5 

4 
4 
19 

5 

9 

3 

8 
6 

2 
3 

Fire  clay    

Sandy  ^  1  iale  

Clay  shale  

Hard  calcareous  sandstone  .  .  . 
Sandy  shale  with  nodular  iron 
ore  

Black  bituminous  shale  

Coal  

Hidden'  

Sandy  shale  

BELOW  MOUTH  OF  GRAPE  CREEK. 

Soil  and  drift  clay  

98 
6 

22 
23 
3 
3 

4 

Coal  

EUGENE. 

38 

11 
1 
1 
1 
8 

Light  sandy  shale  with  nodular 
iron  ore  

Clay  shale  

Black  slate  

Blue  calcareous  slate    ... 

Coal  

Clay  shale  .  '.  

VERMILION  COUNTY,  IND. 

The    following    sections    in 
Indiana  are  given,  because  the 
coal  beds  which   crop  out  at 
the  places  named  extend  into 

some  of  the  counties  of  Illinois. 
\ 

ONE  MILE  ABOVE  EUGENE. 

Soil  and  drift  clay  

Blue  sandy  shale 

62 

11 

12 
3 
2 
12 

WILLAMSPORT. 

Heavy  bedded  sandstone  

22 

20 
6 
1 
5 

3 

Yellow  shaly  sandstone  

Blue  and  red  limestone  

Sandy  shale  

32 

Black  bituminous   shale   with 
nodular  iron  ore  

Black  slate  

Coal  

Hidden  

43 

LA  SALLE  COUNTY. 


PKRU  COAL  MINING  COMPANY. 

Common  clay        

FEET 

2° 

IN. 
g 

Brought  forward  

FEET 

104 

IN. 

4 

Blue  sandstone   

7 

20 

Blue  shale 

39 

1 

Blue  shale  

2 

Red  shale        

3 

92 

Brown  shale  

10 

a 

8 

Black  slate 

11 

16 

Coal  

4 

6 

8 

Fire-clay  

6 

i 

5 

Carried  forward  .  . 

104 

4! 

Carried  forward  

248 

LA  SALLE  COUNTY    (Continued). 


Brought  forward    

EET 

248 

N. 

EET 
7? 

IN. 

fi 

3 

Coal    

3 

Indurated  clay  

19 

6 

6 

18 

4 

Shale  

19 

1 

6 

Black  slate  

6 

Hard  blue  shale    

1 

fi 

Coal  

5 

2 

Fire-clay  

6 

3 

in 

20 

Coal                  

Limestone  

1 

1 

9 

Shale  

16 

1 

Black  slate  

10 

8 

Coal  

6 

Bluish  slaty  shale  

8 

3 

Fire-clay  

2 

6 

1 

10 

Limestone  

6 

8 

Clay  shale  

2 

Brown  shale    

3 

8 

Limestone  '.  .  ,    .  .         . 

3 

7 

Shale  

50 

6 

11 

Dark  brown  shale  

1 

263 

B^ack  slate  

8 

4 

BORING   IN   SEC.  11,  T.  81  N     R. 

Coal  

3 

6 

3  E.,  FOR  A.  CAMPBELL. 

Soil  and  drift  

70 

329 

4 

Indurated  clay  

20 

ADAMS  AND  PULSIFER'S   BORING, 

6 

NORTH  OF  LA  SALLE. 

Indurated  clay  

9 

59 

Black  slate  ....         . 

3 

17 

Coal  

4 

2 

f> 

Clay  

9 

8 

Sandstone  

12 

10 

Indurated  clay  

11 

Coal  

4 

Black  slate  

1 

6 

6 

Limestone  

2 

6 

fi 

Shale  

2 

g 

Blue  shale          

24 

Black  slate  

8 

Q 

Coal  

7 

J 

J 

6 

161 

10 

12 

BORING  AT  ME\DOTA 

b 

Clay  .  . 

K 

Shale        

6 

Quicksand  .      ....'. 

t 

Black  shale  

g 

Clay  

23 

Gravel  

Clay  

48 

Shale    

65 

Sand  

Slate  

Indurated  clay  . 

32 

Shale  

6 

Limestone  ... 

10 

Coal  

Indurated  clay 

Sandstone 

28 

< 

Clay  

j.  A.  ROCKWELL'S  BORING,  NBA 

Sand  

THE  CANAL  BASIN,  LA  SALLE. 

Limestone  

3 

Alluvium     .    ...    

5 

Limestone   ,  

r 

18 

1 

Carried  forward  .  . 

7 

i 

T8 

LA  SALLE  COUNTY  (Continued). 


PERU,  HILL  EAST  OF  "CHAMBER'S 
HOUSE." 

FEET 

IN. 

MITCHELL'S  PLACE,  BUFFALO 

ROCK. 

Soil  and  sand  

FEET 

2 

IX. 

fi 

Yellowish  limestone  

6 

Clay  and  sand  

5 

Reddish  shale  

5 

Yellow  indurated  clay  

3 

,5 

Blue  indurated  clay  4  to 

6 

Limestone  

4 

Coal  1   6to 

2 

10 

1 

R 

Clay  ,.  Ito 

6 

Shales,  with  carbonaceous  mat- 

Sandstone, Silurian  

133 

fi 

ter        

fi 

fi 

Coal    

0 

153 

4 

Blue  shale     

11 

Fragmentary  limestone  

10 

48 

1 

WHITE  COUNTY. 


NEAR   GRAYTILLE. 
Soil 

FEET 

3 
14 
6 

1 
4 

IN. 

3 

8 

• 
Brought  forward,  

FEET 
16 

2 

1 

2 

1 

6 
2 
2 
6 

1 
1 
10 
8 
5 
8 

IN. 

8 
6 
6 

9 
6 

1.1 

3 

6 

6 
3 

ghale                        

Sandstone,  

Slate,  

Slaty  clay,  

Reddish  gray  shale,  

ghale               

RIVER    BANK,  NEAR    GUAYVILLE. 

Rftfl 

2* 

2 
14 
1 
3 

3 

11 

8 

8 

Sandstone,  

Sandy  slate,  

Coal,  

ghale               

Clay,.  . 

Gray  shale,  

Sandstone,  

flml 

Shalp 

Clav,  

ARTESIAN  WELL,  GRATVILLE. 

BIGHT'S  SHOALS. 
Gray  sandstone,  

24 

18 
4 
18- 
2 
3 
4 
26 

12 
1 

7 

4 

10 
4 

72 

30 
20 
15 
30 
4 
1 
20 

Sand  and  gravel       

Brown  sandstone    

Blue  shale       

Shaly  sandstone      

Sandstone      

Sandstone,  

Slate,  

Coal  

ghale  

Black  slate      .       .  .       . 

CHERRY'S  FARM. 
Clay,  with  iron  ore,  

Shale    

120 

7 

3 
3 
8 
2 
2 

6 

Flinty  bed,  

Sandstone  

CARMI. 

ghale    

Coal                    

96 

8 
5 

1 

2 

2 
8 

Shale  

Black  slate  

Sandy  clay,  

Coal      

Clay. 

Carried  forward,  

16 

8 

32 

6 

T9 

GALLATIN  COUNTY. 


N.  W.  J  SEC.  15,  T.   10  S.,  R.   8E. 

FEKT 

14 

IN, 

EQUALITY.                         i 

Soil  

EET 

G 

a;. 

8 

Clay,.. 

15 

3 

8 

4 

Black  slate            

10 

Clay,  

9 

6 

Coal                  

4 

fi 

Shale  (covered),  

9 

Covered  with  sandstone  debris 

77 

Coal,  

R 

6 

Sandstone                 

44 

108 

Coal,  

1 

10 

Covered  slope  

17 

Shaly  sandstone,  

3 

Sandstone        ••         

3 

g 

Clay  shale,  

7 

5 

g 

Gray  shaly  sandstone,  

9, 

3 

1 

4 

Coal       

3 

9 

Grav  shaly  sandstone,  

4 

Covered  slope  (includes  black 

N    E    i  S    "W    J  SEC    33    T    10  S 

15 

9 

shale  and  beds  of  limestone, 
Coal,  

56 
4 

8 

V 

8 

NORTH  FORK  OF  SALINE  RIVER, 

Arenaceous  slate,  

11 

SEC.  18,  T.  7  S.,  R.  8  E. 

12 

Covered  slope,  

34 

Blue  clay,  

4 

r> 

Q1 

Argillaceous  iron  ore  

1 

i           i 

Clay  shale,  

5 

f, 

Coal  

3 

18 

Shale,  

< 

33 

Sandy  limestone,  

o 

fi 

Clay  shale 

7 

4 

Shaly  sandstone,  

3 

10 

Coal,.  . 

8 

53 

9 

Fire-clav,  

Clay  shale,  

g 

6 

Sandstone,  





• 

EDWARDS  COUNTY. 


BRISSENDEN'S  FARM,  SECTION  OF 

WELL. 

FEET 

16 

IN. 
0 

BRANCH,  EAST  OF   AND  NEAR   TO 
ALBION. 

Thick  bedded  sandstone  

FEET 

4 

IN. 

0 

Yellow  limestone  

8 

Sandy  shale  

8 

0 

Blue  limestone  

6 

Hard  sandstone,  blue,  

7 

0 

Coal  

1 

Blue  limestone  

2 

R 

Clay  shale  ,.      ... 

2 

0 

17 

3 

Sandy  shale  

5 

0 

RAILROAD  CUT    NEAR  ALBION. 

1 

ft 

Soil                                 

3 

0 

4 

fi 

29 

8 

1 

fi 

The  two  last  beds  are  the  ) 

Sandy  shale  

3 

?, 

upper  ones  at  the  R.K.  cut.  J 

Sandstone  thin  plates  

q 

Sandstone  

5 

0 

10 

6 

• 

28 

!     4 

.80 

EDWARDS  COUNTY    (Continued). 


NORTHERN  LIMIT  OF  ALBION. 

FEET 
-       5 

IN. 

0 

BENNINOTON  MILLS,  X.  W.  £  SEC. 
17,  T.  1  N.,  R.  10  E. 

FEET 

IN. 

7 

0 

Soil  and  clay  

20 

0 

Sandstone,  blue  

4* 

0 

Sandstone  

11 

o 

Sandstone  fla^s  

2 

0 

Coal  

o 

s 

fi 

4 

o 

/I 

0 

9, 

Brown  shale,  with  coal  

1 

7 

Coal     

2 

3 

Blue  clay  shale  

1 

4 

0 

V 

Sandstone,  ferruginous,  

1 

4 

Coal 

o 

5 

9,6 

9: 

Blue  clay  shale  

3 

fi 

ORANGE'S  FARM,  N.  w.  -J-  s.w. 

o 

3 

J  SEC.  24,  T.  2  S.,  R.  10  E. 

Blue  clav  shale  

6 

fi 

5 

5 

Sandstone  

9 

0 

46 

fi 

6 

0 

fi 

P 

Clay  shale  

5 

0 

31 

51 

WABASH  COUNTY. 


EASTMAN'S   PLACE,  s.  i  s.  w.  J 

SEC.    5,    T.    1    S.,  R.    12   E. 

FEET 

9 

IN. 

in1 

D.  BIEHL'S  MILL. 
Brown  sandstone  

FEET 

1 

IN. 

q 

Indurated  brown  clay  

o 

8 

Black  slate  .        

2 

0 

Black  slate  

4 

R 

Coal  

o 

10 

1 

fi! 

Clay  shale  

1 

R 

Coal  

1 

fi 

9 

17 

li 

6 

3 

HIGHLAND  COUNTY. 


CLAREMONT. 

FEET 

22 

IN. 

0 

BRICKLET'S  FARM,  s.  E.  ±  N.  E.  J 

SEC.  32,  T  .  4  N.,  R.  14  W. 

FEET 

IN. 

10 

0 

Sandy  shales  

3 

o 

Sandstone  

5 

0 

Thick  bedded  sandstone 

2 

g 

Bastard  limestone  

4 

0 

Sandy  shales  

2 

g 

6 

0 

Soft  yellow  sandstone     . 

3 

o 

Pebbly  limestone  

5 

0 

4 

fi 

Gray  fragmentary  limestone  .  . 

13 

6 

11 

0 

JOHN  COLLINS'  PLACE,  N.W.  J  N. 

70 

0 

SEC.  9,  T.  4  N.,  R.  14  W. 

Soil  and  clay  

g 

o 

E.  J  SEC.  30,  T.  4  N.,  R.  14  W. 

Sandy  limestone,  shaly  

? 

Sandstone  

? 

Pebbly  limestone  .... 

3 

g 

3 

oj 

Blue  clay  

9 

Coal    

o 

8 

Fire-olay  .9  

9 

81 

LAWRENCE  COUNTY. 


EMBARRAS      RIVER,      LAWRENCE- 
VILLE. 

Sandy  shales,  with  iron  ore  .  .  . 

FEET 

5 
4 

1 

0 

IN. 

0 
6 
6 

0 

SEEDS'  QUARRY,  N.  E.  J  s.  w.  J 

SEC.  13,  T.  3JJ.,  R.  12  W. 

Argillaceous  shale  

FEET 

6 
3 

2 

IN. 
0 

0 
0 

Yellow  sandstone  

Impure  limestone  

Blue  micaceous  sandstone.  .  .  . 
s.  H.  CLUBB'S  QUARRY,  SEC.  5, 

T.  3  N.,  R.  11  W. 

Covered  slope,  

Black  slate,  with  thin  coal.  .  .  . 

SEC.  9,  T.  3  N.,  R.  10  W. 

Exact  thickness  of  the  beds  not 
ascertained. 
Clay  shales  

11 

15 
1 

0 

6 
6 

? 

6 

10 

8 

4 
6 
6 

6 

11 

Sandy  shale  

Shaly  sandstone  .        

Yellow  sandstone  . 

Compact  sandstone,  

Blue  sandstone  

Clay  shales    .  .        .  .      .        .  . 

EMBARRAS-RIVER,    PLANK  ROAD 
BRIDGE. 

Sandstone,  

11 

4 
6 
5 
19 
1 
3 
3 
1 

29 

Clav  shale,  

Impure  limestone,  

Black  slate,  

Total  thickness,  

Shaly  sandstone                       . 

182 

40 
6 
55 

Clay  shales,  8  bands  of  iron  ore 
Fossil  bed,  pyritous,  

BANK  OF  WABASH  RIVER,  SEC. 
33,  T.  4  ».,  R.   10  W. 

Indiana  shore. 
Soil,  

Shales  with  iron  ore,  

Black  slate,  

Impure  limestone,  

Marly  clays  

Black  slate  .... 

Shaly  sandstone,  

Clay  shales,  

Thick  bedded  sandstone          . 

N.  E.  J  S.  W.  J  SEC.   13,  T.  3    N., 
R.   11  W. 

Yellow  clay  shale,  

74 

10 

5 
2 

6 
6 

8 

V 

Blue  clav  shale,  

Coal,  

8 

TOPE  COUNTY. 


ONE  MILE  AND  A  HALF  BELOW 
JAMES  CARROLL'S  FLACK. 

FEET 

10 
8 
4 
6 
5 
11 
10 

IN. 

6 

LUSK'S  CREEK,  NEAR   GOLCONDA. 

Sandstone  

FEET 

8 
24 
42 
8 
11 
11 

Limestone  

Limestone      

Shale  

Marlv  slate                          .... 

Limestone  

Limestone                .  .        

Marlite  

Shale  

Limestone  

Limestone  

Sandstone  

104 

64 

6 

11 


82 


POPE  COUNTY.     Continued). 


CAMPBELL'S  FARM. 

FEET 

45 
22 

5 

IN. 

6 
9 

3 
10 

MORGANTOWN. 

FEET 

6 
10 

IN. 

10 

D.  FLANNERY'S  PLACE. 
Ssndstone      ...       

16 

5 
7 
2 
3 

10 
5 

5 

JOIHER'S  FARM. 

73 

80 
1 
8 

Shale  

Clay  slate  

WILLIAM  ALLISTON'S,  NEAR  GOL- 
CONDA. 
Sandstone  

17 

55 
43 
80 
5 

MICHAEL  n.  KAYLOR'S  PLACE. 

89 

30 
32 
6 
13 

10 

6 
6 

Limestone  

Covered  

Covered  slope  

RIVER  BANK,  NEAR  GOLCONDA. 

Sandstone  

133 

81 

25 
21 
1 

Covered  slope  

47 

WILLIAMSON  COUNTY. 

DR.  SMITH'S  PLACE. 

FEET 
20 

28 
8 
1 

22 
12 
3 

IN. 

6 

6 

10 
6 
6 

10 

FOZARD'S  PLACE,  SEC.  20,  T.  9  s., 

R.  1  E. 

Shales  

FEET 
8 

3 

IN. 

Clay  shale  

Coal         

Coal  

E.  N.  SPILLER'S  PLACE,  s.  E.  J, 

S.  W.  J,  SEC.  6,  T.  9  S.,  R.  3.  E. 

Soil  and  clay  

Alternations  of  clay  shales,  fire 
clay,   sandstone   and   sandy 
shales  

11 

9 

9 

4 
9 

ROCK   CREEK,  SEC.  9,  T.  9   S.,  R. 
4E. 

Clay  slate  

Bituminous  slate  

94 

8 
1 

2 

Coal  

13 

Bituminous  slate  

Coal  4  to 

12 

83 

MARION  COUNTY. 


BORING  AT  CENTRALIA. 

Soil  

FEET 

3 

IN. 

FEET 

237 

IN. 

Blue  clay  and  sandstone 

20 

Q 

6 

Sandstone    ...                  . 

1 

10 

83 

ft 

Blue  clay  (light  colored). 

10 

2 

Blue  clay  (dark)    

55 

8 

Coal  

3 

Bituminous  slate  

8 

?,0 

Blue  clav,  with  gravel  .  .  . 

3 

ft 

151 

Blue  slate  

25 

ft 

25 

Indurated  clays  ........ 

91 

4 

6 

| 

Limestone  

7 

fi5 

Coal  

6 

Iron  stone,  with  ohert  

3 

ft 

Indurated  clay  

1? 

V 

Carried  forward  

237 

602 

6 

PERRY  COUNTY. 


MADISON  COUNTY. 


ASHLEY'S  MINE,  DU  QUOIN. 

EEET 
18 

IN. 

FFET 
47 

IN. 
ft 

Sand  

2 

Bluish  impure  limestone  

2 

Blue  clay  

6 

Bituminous  shale  

6 

10 

Shale  

10 

10 

3 

q 

Coal  

6 

Fire  clay  

6 

Fire  clay  

9 

ft 

Light  colored  shale  

1 

« 

Carried  forward  

47 

6 

72 

10 

LONG'S  PLACE,  CLfFTON  QUARRY. 

Covered  slope  

FEET 

170 

IN. 

FEET 

261 

IN. 

Limestone  

2 

Shale  ,  

40 

Shale  

3 

6 

Sandstone  

g 

Limestone  

40 

ft 

Limestone  

20 

Sandstone  

45 

Shaly  limestone  

9 

261 

339 

ALEXANDER  COUNTY. 


THEBES. 

Clays  

FEET 

42 
24 
30 

IN. 

SILURIAN   ROCKS  OF  ALEXANDER 
COUNTY. 
Sandstone        .  .     . 

FEET 

22 
8 
10 
248 
20 
25 
70 
35 
10 
70 
18 

IN. 

Sandstone  

Covered  slope  

GILF.S  WHITTAKER'S  PLACE. 
Clay  and  shale  

Buff  colored  shale 

96 

10 
170 

Cherty  beds  

Mottled  limestone  

Blue  limestone  

Cberty  beds  

Shales  and  slate 

ORCHARD   CREEK. 

Ferruginous  conglomerate  .... 
Sandstone  .  . 

Sandstone          . 

180 

37 
42 
? 

Shale  

Limestone  

Sandstone  

Blue  clay  

535 

84 

HARDIN  COUNTY. 


LEAD  HILL. 

FEET 

9,0 

IN. 

PARKINSON'S  PLACE. 
Sandstone  

FEET 

23 

IX 

59 

fi 

Limestone  

60 

30 

Sandstone  

4 

f» 

?, 

22 

Bluish  limestone  

57 

ONE  MILE   BELOW  "CAVE  IN 
ROCK." 

Cavernous  limestone  

168 
20 

6 

Covered   

10 

Shelly  limestone  

4 

Limestone  with  corals  

20 

54 

PULASKI  COUNTY. 


CALEDONIA. 

FEET 

20 
3 
18 
4 
30 

9 

IN. 

6 
6 
6 

ONE  MILE  NORTH-EAST  OF  CAL- 
EDONIA. 

Ferruginous  conglomerate.  .  .  . 
Black  clay  shale,  with  carbon- 
aceous matter.  .  .  . 

FEET 
9 

33 
21 
16 

IN. 

6 
6 

Micaceous  sandstone  

White  sandy  clay  

Sandstone  

Gray  indurated  clay.          .... 

Conglomerate  

Sandy  shales  

CEDAR  POINT. 

Yellow  clay  

Soft  sandstone 

16 
10 
12 
2 
27 
23 

* 

71 

Red  clay  

Ferruginous  sandy  shale  
Ferruginous  sandstone  

White  sandy  clay  

Bluish  clay  shale  

91 

6 

MASSAC  COUNTY. 

FLETCHER'S  PLACE. 
Alluvium  

FEET 

12 

5 
4 
17 

IN.I 

0 
0 
0 

JAMES  COPPER'S  PLACE. 
Conglomerate  

FEET 
5 
35 

8 

IN. 

0 
0 
0 

0 

Clay.. 

Covered  slope  

Sandstone  conglomerate  
Conglomerate  

48 

38 

6 

RANDOLPH  COUNTY. 

HALF  A  MILE   ABOVE    CHESTER. 

FEET 

35 
1 
2 
1 
6 
5 
2 
1 
3 

IN. 

0 
6 
0 
6 
0 
0 
6 
0 
0 

MANSKER'S  PLACE. 
Covered  slope  

FEET 

31 
108 
27 
54 
62 

272 

IN 

0 
0 
0 
0 
0 

0 

Marlite     

Sandstone  

Shale  

Cherty  beds  

Limestone  

Limestone  

Marlite  

57 

0 

85 

RANDOLPH  COUNTY  (Continued). 


DETAILS  OF  THE  CHESTER   BEDS. 

Clay  beds  stratified  

FEET 
12 

IN. 

6 

Brought  forward  

FEET 

142 

IN. 

5 

Limestone  

7 

?, 

Sandy  shales  

9 

n 

Alternations  of  limestone  and 

10 

o 

marlite  

9 

8 

12 

0 

9, 

fi 

3 

fi 

Limestone  

4 

'  0 

Blue  clay  shale  

'  3 

o 

Covered  

38" 

0 

Shaly  limestone  

'  9 

8 

Blue  shale,  with  thin  bands  of 

0 

4 

limestone  

48 

0 

"  Shaly  limestone  

21 

1 

Limestone,  with  cherty  bands  . 

18 

0 

Limestone,  in  thick  beds  

17 

fi 

3 

o 

OOQ 

Carried  forward  

142 

5 

ROCK  ISLAND  COUNTY. 


ALONZO  BLOSSOM'S  PLACE. 
Soil  and  drift  

FEET 

IN. 

HALF  A  MILE  EAST  OF  A.  BLOS- 
SOM'S  PLACE. 

FEET 

IN. 

Shaly  sandstone  

Soil  and  drift  

Bluish  sandstone  

2 

ft 

Cherty  limestone  '.  

5 

Blue  shale  

7 

Shaly  sandstone  (calcareous),. 

2 

6 

Coal.  

4 

6 

Bituminous  slate,  with  bastard 

Black  shale  

4 

limestone  

1 

Fire  clay  

Blue  shale  

1 

Coal  

4 

Clay  

• 

HENRY  COUNTY. 


ALLEN'S  PLACE,  NEAR  GENSSEO. 
Soil  and  drift  

FEET 

IN. 

Brought  forward  

FEET 
1 

IN. 

6 

Limestone,  with  arragonite.  .  . 
Indurated  clay  

Clay  .  . 

Coal  

Carried  forward  

FRANKLIN  COUNTY. 

s.  w.  i  s.  w.  i  SEC.  20,  T.  7  s. 

R.  2E. 

Shale  

FEET 

4 
1 
1 
1 

4 

1 

IN. 

9 
6I 

3 

Brought  forward  

FEET 

13 

4 
1 
6 

IN. 

3 
8 

2 

Cod  

Sandstone  

Clay  slate  

Micaceous  shale  

Sandstone  

Clay  iron  ore  

Gray  shale  

Shale  

Bituminous  slate     

. 

Carried  forward  

13 

86 

MADISON  COUNTY. 


W.  £S.E.  i  SEC.  6,  T.  6  N.,  R.  10  W. 

MUHLMANN'S  PLACE. 
Soil  and  drift  

FEET 

IN. 

S.  W.  J  SEC.  8,  T.  4  N.,  R.  5  W. 
FERGUSON'S  PLACE. 
Bluish  limestone  

FEET 

2 

ft 

Shale    

5 

8 

White  clay  

s 

Bituminous  slate  

6 

Bituminous  slate  

3 

4 

Coal  

2 

6 

Shale  

10 

9, 

5 

Coal  

2 

10 

Cherty  beds    

3 

5 

1  Q 

14 

6 

SANGAMON  COUNTY. 


ILES'  COAL  BANK,  SUGAR  CREEK. 

Soil  and  drift  

FEET 

IN. 

Brought  forward  

FEET 

6 

IN. 

7 

Blue  calcareous  clay  

2 

Hard  blue  limestone  

8 

Hard  blue  limestone  

9, 

3 

6 

Clay  shale  

1 

fi 

1 

Black  slate  

1 

Coal  

2 

Clay  slate  

8 

Coal 

14 

?, 

Fire-clay  

V 

Soil  and  drift  

13 

I 

Limestone  

2 

MENARDS    MILL     SAXGAVON 

Marly  clay  shale  

•  l 

? 

RIVER 

Sandy  and  black  clay  shale  .  .  . 

8 

4 

Soil  and  drift  clay  

1 

6 

Shaly    sandstone  with  calca- 

10 

reous  nodules  

14 

2 

Blue  sandy  shale  

6 

Yellow  sandstone  

2 

8 

Sandstone  .  . 

2 

Sandy  shale  

4 

fi 

29 

MAGRADY'S  OLD  MILL. 
Soil  and  drift  

23 

YOCUM'S    MILL,    SANGAMOX 
RIVER. 

Soil  and  drift  clay  

Limestone  

4 

Argillaceous  limestone  

1 

o 

16 

6 

Sandy  shale     .   

'20 

Sandstone  

4 

Sandy  shale  

1 

6 

21 

6 

26 

BELL'S  MILL,  SUGAR  CREEK. 

Sandy  shale    

4 

8 

Soil  and  drift  

Thin  bedded  sandstone  ...      . 

3 

Sandy  shale  

11 

Sandstone                         

10 

Thin-bedded  sandstone.  ...... 

4 

Shalv  sandstone  

5 

1 

15 

Coal        

1 

10 

LANGFIELD'S  COAL  BANK. 

Covered  to  lake  level       

15 

Soil  and  drift  

Limestone  

1 

40 

6 

Blue  shale  

7 

9 

CARPENTER'S  BRIDGE  SAVG  VMO\ 

Coal  

1 

10 

Covered  to  river  level  

11 

8 

Soil  and  drift  

Blue  sandy  shale    

16 

8 

BRANXER'S  MILL  SAXGAMOX 

RIYER. 

22 

3 

Sandstone,  irregularly  bedded, 
Sandstone  in  regular  layers.  .  . 
Sandstone,  thin-bedded  

11 

14 
3 

Soil  and  drift  

Sandstone  

2 

H 

Limestone  

6 

Sandstone  fla^s 

8 

4 

Carried  forward.  . 

ft 

fiffi 

87  i 

SANGAMON  COUNTY  (Continued). 


NEW  BRIDGE,  SANGAMON   RIVER. 

Soil  and  drift  

FEET 

IN. 

MILLER'S  PLACE,  HORSE  CREEK. 
Soil  and  drift  

FEET 

IN. 

Sandy  shale  1  . 

4 

Sandy  shale  

2 

1 

Arenaceous  limestone  

1 

| 

Sandy  shale  _  

16 

fi 

Shaly  sandstone  ....       .  .  .  . 

18 

5 

Covered  to  river  level  

?,7 

'  6 

Clay  shale  . 

6 

Coal  

4 

55 

RAUCH'S  QUARRY,  SUGAR  CREEK. 
Soil  and  drift  

STOVER'S  COAL  BANK,  LICK 

22 

10 

9 

CREEK. 

Limestone  

9 

fl 

.    Soil  and  drift  

Black  slate  

2 

Black  slate,  with  black  lime- 

Limestone   

17 

stone  

3 

Coal'.  

1 

| 

W 

fl 

4 

HILL'S  QUARRY,  SUGAR  CREEK. 

Blue  shale  

12 

Soil  and  drift 

Micaceous  sandstone  

3 

20 

| 

Sandstone  

3 

6 

GREENWOLD'S  PLACE,  BRUSH 

Sandy  shale  

1 

6 

CREEK. 

Limestone  

4 

Soil  and  drift  • 

Dark  clay  shale  

1 

Limestone,  

6 

Limestone  

4 

Marly  shale  

6 

Black  slate        .       

1 

17 

Clay  shale  

1 

6 

NEW  BRIDGE,  SUGAR  CREEK. 

Limestone  

6 

Soil  and  drift  

Limestone  

2 

g 

1(T 

4 

K 

PEACOCK  &  CUMMINGS'  SHAFT, 

Limestone,  

1 

SPRING   CREEK. 

Sandy  shale  

3 

Soil  

5 

Sandstone  

1 

Blue  sandy  shale  

45 

Micaceous  sandstone  

% 

Dark  clay  shale  

5 

Coal 

2 

12 

A 

Fire-clay  

3 

LLOYD  A  EVAN'S  COAL  BANK. 

Soil  and  drift  

Argillaceous    limestone    and 
clay  

4 

Black  slate  

2 

10 

Red  and  green  clay  shale.  .  .  . 

8 

Coal  

1 

10 

Black  shaly  slate  

2 

6 

Sandy  shale  

11 

Purple  clay  shale,  

5 

Sandstone,  hard  

3 

fl 

Shaly  sandstone  

4 

4 

77 

8 

Soft  sandstone  

2 

g 

JONES1  WELL,  HORSE  CREEK. 

Sandy  shale  

6 

ft 

19 

12 

32 

/( 

Clay  shale  

12 

43 

MACOUPIN  COUNTY. 


N.  E.  i  SEC.  29,  T.   10  N.,  R.  9  W. 

Impure  limestone     ,             . 

FEET 

IN. 

Brought  forward  

FEET 

5 

IN. 

g 

Black  shale  

1 

3 

Blue  limestone  

a 

Coal  

1 

i 

Light  colored  shale  

3 

Coal  

5 

fi 

Carried  forward  

5 

3 

13 

9 

'   88 


IRELAND'S  RAVINE,   SOUTH   OF 
ILLINOIS  RIVER,  NEAR  "  LIT- 
TLE ROCK,"LASALLE  co. 

FEET 

IN. 

SHAFT  OF    THE    NORTHERN    ILLI- 
NOIS COAL  AND  IRON  CO. 

FEET 

6 

IN. 

Soil  

6 

Coal  

5 

15 

Brown  shale  

8 

Indurated  clays  and  shales.  .  . 

49 

Lime  rock  

1 

ft 

2 

Blue  shale  

12 

5 

Blue  limestone  

3 

? 

] 

Black  shale  

ft 

6 

Fire-clay  

1 

<>, 

Sandstone,  upper  part  calca- 

Black shale  

5 

reous,  lower  part  micaceous, 

8 

Brown  shale  

3 

a 

12 

Limestone  

3 

10 

Black  shale,  with  fossils  

6 

Brown  shale  

4 

« 

Coal     

ft 

Blue  shale  

9 

4 

Sandstone,  with  coal  plants,.  . 

2 

Grey  limestone  

2 

4 

Grayish-blue  shale,  with  septa- 

Black  Shale  

1 

5 

ria  

7 

Blue      "     

10 

Blue  shale  

2 

Limerock  

3 

3 

Black  slate  * 

3 

Blue  shale  

10 

s 

Blue  shale  

12 

Black  limestone  .... 

2 

10 

Coal  

3 

0 

Blue  shale  

6 

Shale  with  nodules 

4 

ft 

14C 

Blue  shale  

10 

ft 

The   lower    seventy-five  or 

Red  shale  

6 

eighty  feet  of  the  above  sec- 

Blue shale  

1 

ft 

tion    represents,   very  nearly, 

Red  shale  

14 

4 

the  shaft  of  the  "  Little  Rock 

Blue  shale  

11 

Coal  Mining  Companv,"  which 

Sandstone  

6 

is  situated  a  short  distance  west 

Blue  shale  

12 

of  Ireland's  ravine. 

Blue  shale  

15 

Black  slate  

4 

ft 

BORING    AT    DE    SOTO,   JACKSON 

Coal  

5 

COUNTY. 

Fire-clay  

6 

In  the  Artesian    well  sunk 

Limestone  

4 

ft 

at  this  point,  several  beds  of 

Blue  shale  

10 

coal  were  penetrated  at  vari- 

Sandstone   

10 

ous  depths,  as  follows  : 

Blue  shale  

14 

Black  slate  

8 

1st  coal  at  the  depth  of  68  ft. 

3 

Coal  ,  

6 

2d      "         "          "           93  " 

2 

Fire-clay  

1 

g 

3d     "         "          "         135  " 

9 

Limestone  

4 

| 

4th    "         "          "         165  " 

2 

Shale,  brown  

64 

5th    "  and  shale  "        216  " 

9 

Black  slate,  mixed  with  coal.  . 
Limestone      .  .             ... 

3 

1 

6 

25 

Blue  shale  

6 

Making  a  total  thicknes  of 

Limestone     

3 

ft 

coal  of  between  1  6  and  25  feet, 

Shale  

2 

ft 

the  thickness  of  the  shale  asso- 

3 

4 

ciated  with  the  lower  bed  not 

Blue  shale  

14 

having  been  ascertained. 

8 

ft 

Blue  shale     

18 

Black  slate      

8 

14 

Coal  

4 

389 

11 

GENERAL  REMARKS. 


THE  preceding  pages  contain  only  a  portion  of  the  sections  made 
during  the  progress  of  the  Geological  survey.  Many  sections  made  in 
the  counties  named  are  not  given ;  while  a  number  of  counties  in  which 
work  has  been  done,  are  omitted  entirely,  in  consequence  of  the  imprac- 
ticability of  connecting  their  geology  with  the  coal  deposits,  without  the 
aid  of  horizontal  sections,  and  these  can  only  be  represented  by  engravings. 
They  will  all  be  embodied  in  the  final  report,  together  with  minute  descrip- 
tions of  the  vertical  sections  now  given. 

Since  the  organization  of  the  survey,  I  have  been  assisted  in  the  field 
work  by  Messrs.  A.  Varner  (deceased),  A.  H.  Worthen,  Henry  Pratten 
(deceased),  A.  H.  Ulffers,  and  J.  H.  McChesney ;  and  from  their  notes  and 
reports,  most  of  the  sections  given  were  compiled.  In  the  laboratory,  Mr- 
H.  Pratten  has  been  the  only  assistant.  The  analyses  of  the  Illinois  coals 
were  made  by  him,  as  well  as  those  of  our  iron  ores. 

The  colored  diagram  of  the  state  is  intended  to  represent,  as  nearly  as 
so  small  a  scale  will  allow,  the  different  geological  formations  found  in  its 
borders,  and  will  assist  those  who  may  desire  to  know  the  geological  posi- 
tion of  the  rocks  given  in  the  printed  vertical  sections. 

The  portions  colored  yellow,  on  the  Wabash,  Ohio,  Mississippi  and 
Illinois  rivers,  represent  the  rich  alluvial  bottoms  which  border  those 
streams. 

The  pink  color,  found  in  Alexander,  Union,  Jersey,  Calhoun,  Pike, 
Bureau,  La  Saile,  Grundy,  Will,  Cook,  Kankakee  and  Iroquois,  represents 
rocks  of  the  Silurian  age. 

The  portions  colored  with  Indian  red,  represent  rocks  of  the  Devonian 
epoch,  and  are  to  be  found  in  Pulaski,  Union,  Jersey,  Calhoun,  Pike, 
Rock  Island  and  La  Salle. 

The  blue  color,  found  in  our  southern  and  western  borders,  in  the  coun- 
ties of  Gallatin,  Saline,  Hardin,  Pope,  Johnson,  Massac,  Pulaski,  Union, 
Jackson,  Randolph,  Monroe,  St.  Clair,  Madison,  Jersey,  Greene,  Scott,  Cal- 
houn, Pike,  Brown,  Schuyler,  Adams,  Hancock,  McDonough,  Henderson, 
Warren  and  Mercer,  represents  the  great  Carboniferous  limestone  series,  or 

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"Mountain  Limestone"  as  it  is  termed  by  many  geologists.  In  England 
beds  of  £oal  are  found  in  this  series  of  rocks.  In  this  country  no  coal 
has  yet  been  discovered  in  them. 

In  portions  of  Gallatin,  Hardin,  Pope,  Saline,  Johnson,  Massac,  William- 
son, Union,  Jackson,  Randolph  and  Monroe,  the  "  Mountain  limestone  " 
series  is  overlaid  with  heavy  beds  of  sandstone  and  sandstone-conglom- 
erate, answering  to  the  "Millstone  grit'1''  of  some  geologists.  It  is  repre- 
sented by  a  light  shade  of  sepia  skirting  the  Mountain  limestone.  This 
is  the  base  of  the  coal  measures  in  southern  Illinois,  no  coals  existing 
either  in  it  or  below  it. 

The  dark  tint  of  sepia,  covering  about  two-thirds  of  the  area  of  the 
state,  and  including  either  in  whole  or  in  part  eighty-one  counties,  repre- 
sents the  true  coal  measures  of  Illinois.  The  coal  measures  consist  of 
beds  of  sandstones,  limestones,  shales,  slates,  clays  and  bands  of  iron  ore, 
intercalated  with  beds  of  coal,  from  one  inch  to  nine  feet  in  thickness. 

In  the  counties  of  Massac,  Pulaski  and  Alexander,  beginning  on  the 
Ohio  river  south  of  New  Liberty,  and  following  that  stream  to  a  point 
below  Caledonia,  and  then  crossing  Alexander  county  in  a  westerly  direc- 
tion to  the  Mississippi,  near  the  village  of  Santa  Fe,  is  a  portion  of  the  map 
colored  green.  It  represents  a  deposit  belonging  to  the  Tertiary  period. 
At  one  place  it  contains  a  thin  seam  of  carbonaceous  matter,  which  was 
mistaken,  by  those  residing  in  the  vicinity,  for  coal  of  the  carboniferous 
era.  This,  however,  is  a  mistake.  It  is  of  no  value. 

The  margin  of  the  coal  measures  can  be  easily  traced  on  the  diagram 
in  the  northern  and  western  counties.  On  our  eastern  border,  from 
Iroquois  to  Gallatin  county,  they  pass  over  into  Indiana,  and  on  the  south 
into  Kentucky.  In  the  west,  between  Keithsburg  in  Mercer  county,  and 
Drury's  Landing  in  Rock  Island  county,  they  cross  the  Mississippi  into 
Iowa.  Coal  is  also  found  cropping  out  on  the  banks  of  the  Mississippi 
above  Rock  Island  city.  A  thin  seam  of  coal,  associated  with  clays  and 
shales,  was  observed  at  Sterling,  in  Whiteside  county,  on  the  banks  of 
Rock  river.  What  connection  it  has  with  the  coals  ofrRock  Island 
and  Henry  counties,  has  not  been  ascertained. 

Beginning  in  Rock  Island  county  and  proceeding  eastward,  the  northern 
limit  of  the  coal  (leaving  out  Whiteside,  as  just  referred  to)  is  found  in  the 
counties  of  Henry,  Bureau,  La  Salle,  Grundy  and  Will,  and  its  north- 
eastern boundary  in  Kankakee  and  Iroquois. 

In  proceeding  northerly,  in  the  Mississippi  river  counties,  the  "  millstone 
grit,"  disappears  in  Munroe  county,  and  the  coal  measures  are  separated 
from  the  "  mountain  limestone "  by  only  a  few  feet  (comparatively)  of 
sandstones,  shales  and  clays.  Before  reaching  Rock  Island  county,  the 


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\ 

"  mountain  limestone  "  disappears,  and  on  Rock  river  the  coal  measures 
rest  on  rocks  of  the  Devonian  and  Silurian  epochs ;  while  still  further 
east,  in  the  counties  of  La  Salle,  Grundy  and  Will,  the  coal  beds  rest 
directly  on  lower  Silurian  rocks,  being  separated  from  them,  at  some  points, 
by  only  a  few  inches  of  clay. 

Workable  beds  of  coal,  however,  do  not  underlay  the  whole  area 
marked  as  "  coal  measures."  Illinois  is  not  one  "  great  coal  field,"  as  has 
been  represented  in  maps  and  geological  reports  made  previous  to  the 
commencement  of  the  State  Geological  Survey.  While  it  contains  within 
its  borders  more  coal  than  any  other  state  in  the  union,  with,  perhaps, 
the  exception  of  Pennsylvania,  the  coal  does  not  rest  in  one  great  basin* 
So  far  as  the  state  survey  has  thrown  any  light  on  the  subject,  it  has  been 
found  that  the  rocks  beneath  the  coal  measures,  instead  of  showing  a 
nearly  horizontal  section  from  east  to  west,  as  was  formerly  believed  by 
some  of  our  geologists,  have  been  in  reality  as  much  disturbed  by  internal 
convulsions  as  those  of  any  volcanic  district  in  the  United  States.  The 
beds  of  the  lower  formations,  including  the  mountain  limestone  and  mill- 
stone grit,  are  found,  at  various  localities,  displaced  and  tiked  up  at  every 
angle  from  a  few  degrees  to  the  vertical.  These  displacements  are  not 
confined  to  any  one  section.  They. occur  in  every  district,  from  the 
northern  limits  of  the  coal  beds,  to  the  southern  border  of  the  state.  In 
the  irregular  valleys  and  basins  formed  by  these  disturbances,  our  lower 
coal  measures  were  formed.  Subsequent  to  that  period,  the  then  existing 
coal  beds  were  displaced,  and  eroded,  forming  new  valleys  and  new  basins? 
which  have  been  filled  with  new  deposits  of  coal,  and  so  on  up  to  the 
termination  of  the  carboniferous  epoch.  An  outline  of  these  basins  and 
valleys,  so  far  as  ascertained,  will  be  given  in  the  geological  report.  It 
must,  however,  remain  imperfect  for  years  to  come,  as  every  reexamina- 
tion  of  a  coal  field  develops  new  facts,  which  no  reasoning  from  previous 
data  could  have  brought  to  light. 

The  tables  of  coal  beds,  from  I  to  IV,  were  prepared  in  1854,  and 
were  designed  to  show  the  number  and  thickness  of  different  coal  beds 
found  in  southern  Illinois,  along  certain  lines  south  of  a  line  drawn 
from  Illinois  Town,  St.  Glair  county,  to  the  state  boundary  in  Clark 
county,  west  of  Terre  Haute. 

Table  I  shows  the  existence  of  twenty-five  beds  of  coal,  varying  in 
thickness  from  three  inches  to  seven  feet,  on  a  direct  line  drawn  from  the 
Ohio  river,  in  the  counties  named,  to  "Howard's  Point"  in  Fayette 
county.  Of  these  beds,  nine  may  be  considered  as  workable  by  mining, 
in  the  proper  sense  of  the  term.  Of  the  remaining  sixteen,  ten  are,  or 
may  be,  worked  by  "  stripping  "  near  their  outcrop,  where  they  are  cov- 


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ered  by  a  few  feet  only  of  soil  and  other  deposits.  The  beds  capable  of 
being  mined,  contain  forty  feet  and  nine  inches  of  coal.  If  to  this  be 
added  the  beds  capable  of  furnishing  coal  by  "stripping,"  this  section 
will  show  a  thickness  of  available  coal  of  over  fifty-five  feet. 

Table  II  shows  the  number  of  beds  found  on  a  line  drawn  from  a  point 
on  Big  Muddy  river,  near  Murphrysborough,  Jackson  county,  to  Gris- 
wold's,  in  Hamilton  county.  These  beds  vary  from  four  inches  to  nine 
feet  in  thickness.  Two  of  these  beds,  amounting  to  fifteen  feet,  can  be 
mined  profitably,  while  five  of  them,  from  one  foot  six  inches  to  one  foot 
eight  inches  in  thickness,  may  be  made  available,  at  various  places,  by 
either  mining  or  "  stripping."  The  total  thickness  of  coal  in  this  sect-ion 
is  twenty-three  feet  six  inches. 

Talk  III  exhibits  the  coal  beds  found  on  a  line  from  the  "  Old  Salt 
Spring,"  south-east  of  Equality,  Gallatin  county,  to  Parker's  Prairie,  in 
Cumberland  county.  Of  these  beds,  four  are  workable  by  mining,  vary- 
ing in  thickness  from  three  feet  to  five  feet,  and  amounting  in  all  to 
sixteen  feet  six  inches.  Four  of  the  others,  with  a  total  thickness  of 
seven  feet,  may  be  "stripped"  in  favorable  situations.  All  the  beds  in 
this  section,  sum  up  a  total  of  twenty-three  feet  nine  inches. 

Table  IV  contains  some  of  the  beds  found  in  a  section  from  a  point  north 
of  Waterloo,  Monroe  county,  to  Howard's  Point,  in  Fayette  county.  Of 
these,  three  are  from  three  feet  six  inches,  to  six  feet  nine  inches  thick,  and 
are  mined  profitably,  the  united  thickness  being  sixteen  feet  nine  inches. 
The  other  beds  vary  from  one  foot  three  inches  to  two  feet  in  thickness. 
The  total  amount  of  coal  in  this  section  is  twenty-three  feet  two  inches. 

Since  these  tables  were  prepared,  other  discoveries  of  coal  have  been 
made  in  several  of  the  counties  embraced  in  them.  These  cannot  now 
be  added,  but  will  be  noticed  in  the  detailed  geological  report.  As  the 
tables  now  stand,  however,  they  are  sufficient  to  show  the  great  number 
and  importance  of  the  coal  beds  of  the  district  to  which  they  relate. 

No  tabular  view  of  the  coals  of  middle  and  northern  Illinois  has  yet 
been  prepared,  nor,  in  fact,  has  it  been  desirable  to  do  so  up  to  this  time, 
as  new  discoveries  are  constantly  being  made  in  those  districts,  which  are 
calculated  to  modify,  somewhat,  the  opinions  first  formed  in  relation  to 
them. 

By  reference  to  the  pages  of  analyses,  and  the  tables  on  pages  55,  56  and 
57,  as  well  as  to  the  vertical  sections  of  the  counties  in  the  districts 
referred  to,  it  will  be  seen  that  their  coal  beds  have  not  been  neglected, 
but  have,  on  the  contrary,  received  their  full  share  of  attention  in  all 
respects. 

In  order  to  embrace  as  much  matter  in  relation  to  more  recent  discov- 


93 

eries  as  possible,  some  of  the  oldest,  best  and  most  profitable  mines  in 
the  state  have  been  passed  without  notice  in  this  abstract.  In  the  final 
report  they  will  receive  their  due  share  of  attention. 

In  the  printed  sections,  many  localities  of  coal  are  given  in  addition 
to  those  noticed  in  the  first  half  of  this  abstract,  together  with  the  thick- 
ness of  the  beds  and  the  character  of  the  rocks  associated  with  them- 
These  coals  have  not  yet  been  analyzed. 

v  The  relative  value  of  Illinois  coals  can  be  ascertained  by  comparing  the 
analytical  results  given  on  the  pages  referred  to ;  and  their  position  with 
regard  to  some  other  American  coals,  as  well  as  to  a  few  British  coals 
used  in  the  manufacture  of  iron,  can  be  seen  at  a  glance  by  consulting  the 
tables  on  page  58.  These  analyses  show  that  we  have  a  number  of  beds 
of  coal  in  this  state,  which  equal,  in  every  respect,  the  very  best  coals  of 
the  Mississippi  and  Ohio  valleys.  In  thickness  and  other  requisites  for 
cheap  and  profitable  mining,  they  are  not  surpassed  by  those  of  any  other 
portion  of  the  west,  and  there  is  only  needed  enterprise,  capital  and 
energy,  to  develop  a  source  of  wealth  in  our  state,  at  present  scarcely 
thought  of,  and  which  is  incalculable.  The  markets  are  already  here, 
and  the  supply  is  so  inadequate  to  the  demand,  that  one  Illinois  city 
alone  imports  annually  from  other  states  coal  to  the  amount  of  over 
134,000  tons. 

In  Knox,  Henry  and  La  Salle  counties,  cannel  coal  occurs  in  connection 
with  bituminous  beds.  Its  value  may  be  estimated  by  comparing  the 
analyses  of  the  different  seams,  with  those  given  of  the  same  variety  of 
coal  from  Virginia  and  Kentucky. 

So  far  as  means  for  the  transportation  of  coal  to  both  home  and  distant 
markets  are  concerned,  no  state  in  the  union  is  superior  to  Illinois.  The 
Ohio,  Mississippi  and  Illinois  rivers,  Lake  Michigan,  and  all  our  railroads 
can  be  made  tributary  to  this  great  interest. 

J.  G.  NORWOOD. 


INDEX. 


PAGE. 


Ashley's  Mine,  coal,  11 

Adams  County,  coal,  •  26 

Alexander's  Mine,  31 

Aldrich's  Mine,  41 

Allen's  Mine,  42 
Analyses  of  American  coals,  some 

of  which  are  used  in  Illinois,  58 
Analysis  of  foreign  coals  used  in 

the  manufacture  of  Iron,  58 
Alexander  County,  section,  59,  83 

Anderson's,  section,  62 

Alexander's  place,  section,  65 
Auburn,  section  one  and  a  half 

miles  east  of,  70 

Adams  County,  sections,  71 
Atlas,  section  one  and  a  half  miles 

below,  72 

Appanoose,  section  near,  74 

Adam's  &  Pulsifer's  boring,  77 
Albion,  sections  near,  79,  80 

Allison's,  near  Golconda,  82 

Ashley's  Mine,  section,  83 

Allen's  place,  section,  85 

[B] 

Bowies'  Mine, 
"  Big  Muddy  "  Mines, 
Belleville  Mines, 
Belsha's  l{jne, 
Barker's  Mine, 
Bassett's  Mine, 
Butler's  Mine, 
Blackmore's  Mine, 
Bureau  County,  coal, 
Breckiriridge  cannel  coal, 
"Buffalo  Rock"  mine, 
"  Big  Chain  "  of  the  Ohio, 
"  Bald  Rock,"  section, 
Benton,  section  near, 
Belsha's  Mine,  section, 
Boll's  Farm,  section  near, 
Belleville,  section, 
Bechholz's  place,  section, 
Blackmore's  place,  section, 
Butler's  Hill,  section, 
Beckwith's  place,  section, 
Batt's  place,  section, 


PAGE. 

Bates'  wood  yard,  section,  69 

Bond  County,  section.  69 

Blanchard's  place,  section,  70 

Brown  County,  sections,  71 

Barry,  section  near,  72 

Birmingham,  section,  74 

Byrne's  place,  in  La  Salle,  75 

Blackstone's  boring,  77 

"Buffalo  Rock,"  section,  78 

Brissenden's  place,  section,  79 

Bennington  Mills  section.  80 

Biehl's  Mill,  section,  80 

Brickley's  place,  section,  80 

Baker's  place,  section,  80 

Blossom's  place,  section,  85 

Ball's  Mill,  section,  86 

Bell's  Mill,  section,  86 

Branner's  Mill,  section,  86 


6 

10 
14 
14 
25 
26 
29 
33 
38 
46 
47 
59 
61 
61 
02 
63 
63 
63 
66 
67 
67 
68  i 


Coal  branch  of  Bankston, 
Caseyville  Mines, 
Churchill's  Mine, 
Cartlidge's  Mine, 
Cook's  Mine, 
Calhoun  County,  coal, 
Carother's  Mine, 


13 
16 
16 
19 
20 
29 

'  Chicago  and  Danville  Coal  Co.,"  coal,  32 
Cook's,  Innis,  mine,  32 

Colchester  Mines,  34 

Cannel  Coal,  37,  39,  42,  46,  48, 49 

'  Cutler,  Edwards  &  Co.,"  39 

"  Carbon  Cliff  Mine,"  40 

Oorcoran's  Mines,  40 

Crab  Orchard  Cr.,  section,  61 

Chester,  sections,  61,  84,  85 

Canteen  Creek,  section,  62 

Caseyville,  quarry  near,  62 

Churchill's  section,  62 

Calhoun  County,  sections,  64 

Cap  au  Ores,  section,  64 

near,  64 

Cumberland  County,  section,  64 

Chicago  and  Danville  Coal  Co.," 

section,  65 

Cook's  place,  section,  65 

Carothers  &  Ball's  place,  section,  67 

Camden,  section  near,  68 

Calhoun  County,  sections,  68 


II 


PAGE. 

Clark  County,  sections,  10 

Crooked  Creek,  section,  70 

Campbell's  place,  section,  71 
"  two  miles  south  of,  71 

Crooked  Creek,  section,  72 

Cedar  Creek,  section,  73 

Camden,  section  opposite,  74 

Carmi,  section,  78 

Cherry's  place,  section,  78 

Campbell's  A.,  boring,  77 

Claremont,  section,  80 

Collins'  place,  section,  80 

Clubb's,  S.  H.,  quarry,  section,  81 
Carroll's  place,  section  one  mile 

and  a  half  below,  81 

Campbell's  place,  section,  82 

Centralia,  boring  at,  88 

Clifton  quarry,  83 
"  Cave  in  Rock,"  section  one  mile 

below,  84 

Caledonia,  section,  84 

Cedar  Point,  section,  84 

Copper's  James,  place,  section,  84 

Carpenter's  Bridge,  section,  86 

P>3 

DuQuoin  Mine,  1 1 

Dilg  &  KempPs  Mine,  14 

Dunford's  Mine,  17 

Drake's  Mine,  22 

Danville  Mines,  32 

Davidson's  Mine,  64 

"  Devil's  bake  oven,"  section,  61 

Dilg  &  Kempff's  shaft,  63 

Delhi,  section  one  mile  south  of,  69 

DuQuoin, section,  83 

Diagram,  explanation  of,  91 
DeSoto,  coal  beds, 


Equality,  coal,  7 

Eagle  Creek  Mine,  8 

Emmerson  &  Ryder's  Mine,  18 
Edwardsville  Mine,                              "    19 

Exeter  Mines,  24 
Eagle  Creek  Mine,  La  Salle  County,      47 

Egleston's  Mine,  50 

"         Cannel  coal,  48 

Embarras  River,  section,  64 
Ellis's  branch,   near  Georgetown, 

section,  66 

Exeter,  section,  71 

Equality,  section,  79 

Edward's  County,  sections,  7 

Embarras  River,  section,  81 


PAGE. 

Field  &  Rounds'  Mine,  49 

foreign  Coals,  analyses  of,  58 

Franklin  County,  sections,  61,  85 

Fischer's  quarry,  62 

Fithian's  quarry,  section,  65 

Fayette  County,  sections,  69 

Fish  Hook  Creek,  section,  72 

Flannery's  place,  section,  82 

Fozard's  place,  section,  82 

Fletcher's  place,  section,  84 

Ferguson's  place,  section,  86 


Frosts'  Mine, 


[F] 


allatin  County,  coal, 

roshang's  Mine, 

reene  County,  coal, 

ilbert's  Mine, 

eneseo  Coal, 

orbet's  Mine, 

•rundy  County, 

Goose  Lake,"  coal, 

Grand  Chain  of  the  Mississippi," 

section,  69 

Gallatin  County,  sections,  60,  79 

Grayville,  sections,  61,  78 

Gilead,  sections  near,  64 

Griffith's  place,  section,  66 

Greene  County,  sections,      *  70 

Grape   Creek,   section  below  the 

mouth  of,  76 

Golconda,  river  bank  near,  82 

Greenwold's  place,  section,  88 

General  Remarks,  '    89 


Hays'  Mill,  mine,  8 

Holman  &  Smith's  Mine,  10 

Hamilton  County,  coal,  1  1 

Hodges'  Creek  Mine,  21 

House  worth's  Mine,  21 

Higbec's  Mine,  26 

Henson's  Mine,  28 

Henry  County,  coal,  40 
Hitt's  Vermilion  Mine,                         '  44 

Hartshorne's  Mine,  50 
Hardin  County,  sections,                  60,  84 

Holman  &  Smith's,  section,  61 

Harrison's  quarry,  62 

Hazel  Creek  quarry,  62 

Hart's  place,  section,  64 

Hamburg,  section,  64 

Hanging  Rock,  section,  65 

Henson's  place,  section,  66 

Hardin,  section  near,  68 

Hamilton  County,  sections,  69 

Henderson  County,  section,  73 
Hancock  County,  sections,                74,  75 

Bight's  Shoals,  section,  78 


Ill 


PAGE. 

Hartman's  place,  section,  80 

Henry  County,  section, 

Hill's  quarry,  88 

[I] 

"Illinois  Coal  Co.,"  13 
Ireland's  Mine,  45,  88 
u  Illinois  Coal  Co.,"  sections,  62,  63 
Indiana  sections, 

"       above  Eugene,  76 

Perryville,  76 

Horse  Shoe  Bend,  76 

Eugene,  76 

Williamsport,  76 

lies  s  place,  section,  86 

Johnson  County,  coal,  10 

Johnson's  Joel,  Mine,  10 

Jackson  County,  coal,  10 

Jeffrey's  Mine,  16 

Johnson's  Mine,  20 

Jackson's  Mine,  21 

Jersey  County,  coal,  27 

Jackson  County,  sections,  61 

Jersey  County,  sections,  69 

Joiner's  place,  section,  82 

Jones'  Well,  Horse  Creek,  88 


Kickapoo  Mines,  35 

Kingston  Mines,  35 

Knox  County,  35 

Kewanee  mine,  41 

Kirkpatrick's  Mine,  44 

Kirkpatrick's  Cannel  Coal,  46 

Kanawha  Cannel  Coal,  4fi| 

Kirkpatrick's  Cannel  Coal,  49 

Kinderhook,  section,  72 

King's  Mill,  section,  74 
Kaylor's  place,  section, 


PAGE. 
71 
73 

75 

75,76 
81 

81 
81 
83 
84 
88 
'  Little  Eock  Coal  Mining  Company,"  88 


Lagrange,  section, 
Lowrv's  place,  section, 
Little's  place,  section, 
La  Salle  County,  section?, 
Lawrence  County,  sections, 
Lawrcnceville,  section  near  Fagin's 

Mill 

Lusk's  Creek,  near  Golconda, 
Long's  place,  section, 
Lead  Hill,  section, 
Lloyd  &  Evan's  Coal  bank,  section, 


Martin's  Mine, 


[M] 


Murphysborough  Mines, 
Monroe  County,  coal, 
Madison  County,  coal, 
Macoupin  County,  coal, 
McDonough  County,  coal, 
Menard  County,  coal, 
Moffatt's  Mine, 
McMurtry's  Mine, 
Mercer  County,  coal, 
Marseilles,  coal, 
Mitchell's  Mine, 
Morris  Mines, 

Middle  Illinois  Coals,  table, 
Meek's  Farm,  section, 
Madison  County,  sections. 
Makerson's  Branch,  section, 
McKee's  Mill,  section, 
tfendon,  section  near, 
tft.  Sterling,  sections  north  of, 
tfontezuma,  section, 
McDonough  County,  sections, 


10 
12 
16 
21 
34 
34 
35 
35 
42 
43 
47 

52,  54 
56 
60 

64  83,  86 
66 
68 
71 
71 
72 
72 
72 
75 
77 
78 
82 


Lock  Reserve,  5 

Langley's  Mine,  57 

Lafferty's  Mine,  28 

Leonard's  Mine,  30 

Loomis's  Mine,  36 

"         Cannel  Coal,  37 

Lowry  Thomas  &  Go's  Mine,  40 

La  Salle  County,  coal,  43 

Lowell  Mines,  45 
"  La  Salle  Coal  Mining  Co.," 

Lafferty's  place,  section,  66 

Leonard's  place,  section,  66 

"          quarry,  67 

Langley's  place,  section,  68 

Livingston,  section,  70 

Little  Missouri  Creek,  section,  71 


Macomb,  sections  two  miles  north  of, 
Montebello,  section, 
Mendota,  boring  at, 
Mitchell's  place,  section, 
Morgantown,  section, 
Marion  County,  section,  83 

Massac  County,  sections,  84 

Mansker's  place,  section,  84 

Muhlmann's  place,  section,  86 

Magrady's  Mill,  section,  86 

Menard's  Mill,  section,  86 

Mud  Lake,  section,  86 

Miller's  place,  section,  88 

Macoupin  County,  section,  88 

[N] 

Northern  Illinois  Coals,  table,  57 

50  j  New  Haven,  section,  60 
North    fork    of  Vermilion    river, 

section,  65 
Nauvoo,  section  one  mile  above,  74 
"           "      two    miles    south- 
east of,  74 
"        section  at  Hibbard's,  75 


North  Fork  of  Saline  river, 

New  bridge,  Sugar  creek,  section  at, 

"  Northern  Coal    and  Iron  Co.," 

[0] 

Ottawa  coal, 
Orange's  place,  section, 
Orchard  Creek/section, 

m 

Perry  County,  coal, 

Pfeiffer's  Mine, 

Pike  County  coal, 

Puffenberger's  Mine, 

Pleasant  View  Mine, 

Payne's  Mine, 

Peoria  County,  coal, 

Peru,  coal,  thin  seam, 

Pulaski  County,  sections, 

Pope  County,  sections, 

Prairie  du  Rocher,  section, 

Pfeiffer's  place,  section, 

Paris'  Mill,  section, 

Pocahontas,    section    four    miles 

south  of, 

Pike  County,  sections, 
Perry,  section  one  and  a  half  miles 

north-west  of, 
Perley's,  on  Cushman's  place,  near 

Ottawa, 

Payne's  place,  Danville,  section, 
Peru  Shaft, 

"    section,  near  the  "  Chamber's 

House," 

Perry  County,  section, 
Parkinson's  place,  section , 
Peacock  &  Cummings'  shaft, 


PAGE,  j 

79  Rock  Island  County,  sections, 
88  Rockwell's  boring, 
88JRichland  County,  sections, 

Rock  Creek,  section, 

Ranch's  quarry, 


59, 

59,  81, 


[S] 

Saline  Mines, 

Saline  County,  coal, 

Smith's  Mine, 

Spiller's  Mine, 

Shasteen's  Mine, 

Snyder's  Mines, 

St.  Clair  County,  coal, 

Sangamon  County,  coal, 

Sunders'  Mine, 

Springfield,  coal, 

Schuyler  County,  coal, 

Scott  County,  coal, 

Salem  Hill  Mine, 

Smith's  Mine, 

"  Sheffield  Company,"  codl, 

Serrell's  Mine, 

Seeley's  Mine, 

Southern  Illinois  Coals,  table. 

Sections  of  rocks, 

Sloan's  Hill, 


69 

72  Shawneetown,  sections, 
Saline  County,  sections, 
Creek,  section, 


[Q] 


Quincy,  section, 


Randolph  County,  coal, 
Ritchie's  Mine, 
Rushville,  mine  near, 
Russel's  Mine, 
Rock  Island  County,  coal, 
Robbins,  Lawson  &  Co., 
Reynold's  Mine, 
Rosiclare,  section, 
Randolph  County,  sections, 
Rock  Creek,  section, 
Randall's  Mill,  section, 
Rockport,  section, 

13 


20 
20 
24 
31 
39 
40 
48 
60 

61,  84 
63 
70 
72 


St.  Clair  County,  sections, 
Stone  Creek,  sections, 
Shoal  Creek,  section, 
Silver  Creek,     " 
Sandusky's  place,  section, 
Stony  Creek,  sections, 
Snake  Den,          " 
Salt  Fork,  section, 
Schuyler  County,  sections, 
Savage's  place,  section, 
Scott  County,  sections, 
Starkey  &  Davis'  place,  section, 
Seeds'  quarry,  section, 
Smith's  Dr.,  place,  section, 
Spiller's  place,  section, 
Sangamon  County,  sections, 
Sangamon    river,    section  at   the 

new  bridge, 
Stover's  Coal  Bank,  section, 

[T] 

Thornton's  Eli,  Mine, 
Ta/ewell  County,  coal, 
Tucker's  Mine, 
Tiskilwa  Mines, 
Thornton  &  Park's  Mine, 
Turner's  Mine, 
Telfirs  Mine, 


PAGE. 

73,  85 
77 
80 
82 
88 


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8 
9 
9 
11 
12 
13 
22 
23 
23 
24 
24 
34 
37 
38 
41 
45 
55 
59 
59 
60 
60 
61 
62 
63 
64 
64 
65 
66 
66 
67 

68,74 
69 
71 
72 
81 
82 
82 
86 

88 
88 


83 
34 
38 
38 
42 
53 
54 


Table  of  Southern'  Illinois  Coals, 
"        Middle  "          " 

"        Northern        " 
"        American  coals,  some  of 
which  are  used  in  Illinois, 

Table  of  foreign  coals, 

Thornton's  Mill,  section, 

Tucker's  place,  section, 

Talbot  entry,  section, 

Thebes,  section, 

Tables,  explanation  of, 

IT] 

Vermilion  County,  coal, 

"  "        sections, 

Vance's  place,  section, 

[W] 

Williamson  County,  coal, 
"  Wood  River  Coal  Mining  Com- 
pany," 


PAGE. 
55 


Williams'  Mine, 


56  j  Wataga  Mines, 

57  Warren  County, 
Wards  Mine, 

58 1  Watson's  Mine, 

58  Williamson  County,  occtions, 


27 

65,76 
66 


18 


White  County,  sections, 

Wilson's  Shaft,  section, 
place,       " 

Whitehall,  section  2|  miles  north- 
east of, 

Winchester,  section, 

Wells' place,  section, 

Warren  County,  sections, 

Warsaw,  sections, 

Williams'  Creek,  section  one  mile 
from  Pulaski, 

Wabash  County,  sections, 

Whittaker's  place,  section, 


Yocum's  Mill,  section, 


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36 
37 

•  43 
52 

61,  82 

61,  78 

62 

63 

70 
71 
72 
73 
75 

75 
80 
83 


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